Posted: 2/1/2010 6:38:49 PM EDT
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I know there are some smart people here . And I also know there are various linguists here so I figure it is a good place to ask .
Last night my girl and I where having a discussion and we both kind of wondered . Why is it called a Blow Job? |
| In early Japan before the bellows were invented blacksmiths hired pretty girls to inflate bags of air that were then compressed to force oxygen into their forges. The portal to fill the bags was situated at such a height that the woman would have to get down on her knees and take it into her mouth to inflate it. A dirty minded blacksmith noted the position and related it to fellatio. |
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Quoted: In early Japan before the bellows were invented blacksmiths hired pretty girls to inflate bags of air that were then compressed to force oxygen into their forges. The portal to fill the bags was situated at such a height that the woman would have to get down on her knees and take it into her mouth to inflate it. A dirty minded blacksmith noted the position and related it to fellatio. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blow says "blow job first recorded 1961 in the sexual sense." |
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Quoted: Quoted: In early Japan before the bellows were invented blacksmiths hired pretty girls to inflate bags of air that were then compressed to force oxygen into their forges. The portal to fill the bags was situated at such a height that the woman would have to get down on her knees and take it into her mouth to inflate it. A dirty minded blacksmith noted the position and related it to fellatio. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blow says "blow job first recorded 1961 in the sexual sense." No I read it in Guns Germs and Steel. |
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The use of "blow" as in "blow someone off" is prostitute slang that dates to about 1933.
Prostitutes were often referred to as "blowers" and a penis as a "whorepipe". The term "blow" has meant ejaculation for a long time. See: "Blow your load". To release pressure, as in "blow off steam" or "blow-out". "Blow Job" dates to about 1961. It is a modern variation. Also around that time, "blow your mind" was becoming popular in referrence to drug use. There is also a connection to jazz argot, "blowing", "blowers" or "blow-offs" were terms applied to horn players. As late as the mid-fifties jet pilots referred to their planes as "blow jobs". This was obviously before the term took on a sexual connotation. |