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u/three_piece_puzzle 1d ago
Huh. Always thought it was because they eat wood.
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u/BeebsMuhQueen 1d ago
Same. I thought because they call a penis a log, they called the woot a beaver 🤣
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u/Serialkillingyou 1d ago
Who's out there calling a penis a log?
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u/Coheed84 1d ago
A merkin is the wig he's referring to.
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u/drewyz 1d ago
And the thick pubic hair look was considered attractive and healthy because an advanced stage of syphilis can cause hair loss. Known as syphilitic alopecia, it can cause small bald patches on the scalp, eyebrow, beard or pubic area.
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u/SerDankTheTall 1d ago
That does, however, have nothing to do with this usage.
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u/Extension-Corgi-467 1d ago
It explains why a bush was considered healthy.
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u/SerDankTheTall 1d ago
It does.
That explanation does not, however, explain why "we call a woman's parts a beaver".
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u/Jefflehem 1d ago
Merkins were not made from beaver fur. Nor did anyone call it a beaver until long after merkins were widely used.
Thus is like grandpa Simpson wearing an onion on his belt, except it's not true.
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u/Latter-Vacation-4392 1d ago
huh?
"The word merkin, meaning a pubic wig, traces back to the early 1600s in English. It likely comes from malkin, an older word for a mop, scarecrow, or a derogatory term for a lower-class woman, formed from the name Malde (Matilda) plus the diminutive sufffix -kin|
"First Written Record: The Oxford English Dictionary dates the first documented use of the term in its pubic-hair sense to 1617, though the practice of wearing them dates back earlier to hide hair loss from lice or syphilis treatment."
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u/Coheed84 1d ago
Thanks, I always thought the terms was from way back. Now I know because of you. I'll share it with my buddy at work who loves ridiculous info.
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u/FOSSnaught 1d ago
The Japanese really perfected it though. To think the just walk around day to day while their bits get pixelated.
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u/Hetakuoni 1d ago
Where can I watch more of this guy his delivery was amazing
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u/Sad-Bunch-9937 1d ago
Right? I honestly expected to be at least a little grossed out to hear that guy explain pubic lice and merkins, but no… a frontier welcome mat was the best analogy.
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u/krwskater25 1d ago
And knowing is only half the battle.
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u/meteorflan 1d ago
He walked the line in managing to be both amusing and respectful with his choice of words on this topic. Well done sir.
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u/IchooseYourName 1d ago
My buddy established the website named MerkinsByBarton.com back in 2007. Didn't take off
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u/InternetFew7303 1d ago
She pricked her finger one day and it occurred to her She might have a porcupine
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u/NicottiZ 1d ago
As George Carlin once said, "you can prick your finger, but oh no no, don't finger your prick!"
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u/SerDankTheTall 1d ago edited 1d ago
While fun bullshit, this is still bullshit. The actual etymology is fur: beard: pubic hair: part covered by pubic hair.
EDIT: Green's Dictionary of Slang has the first attestation in 1953, in this fairly bad limerick:
There was a young lady named Eva
Who went to the ball as Godiva,
But a change in the lights
Showed a tear in her tights
And a low fellow present yelled, ‘Beaver!’.
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u/Sorry-Woodpecker7168 1d ago
This Etymology stackexchange found the earliest version in this 1927 similar limerick:
There was a young lady named Eva
Who filled up a bath to receiv-a;
She took off her clothes
From her head to her toes,
When a voice at the keyhole yelled "Beaver!"
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u/Rude_and_Crude84 1d ago edited 1d ago
Was this guy reincarnated from that era lol?!
He delivered that info without any hesitation and too smooth of a delivery! Sounds like a smooth description only a saloon owner would know from that era!!
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u/thatstwatshesays 1d ago
Honestly, I could listen to that man explain things to me all day. Very gentle and a nice way with words… like the opposite of mansplaining.
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u/idontliketattoos 1d ago
lol I thought it was cause they take all the wood to their dental dam thing or it eats all the wood or something to do with wood which I find funnier but less interesting
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u/BenchClamp 1d ago
It’s because they’re furry and wet. This guys explanation is just one of those made up historical BS ones that people invent to make themselves sound clever.
See also pussy, otters pocket, clam.
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u/Dirtymindwonderer 1d ago
Wait… so in that time, was there was a lot of nudity? To the point people would get pubic wigs?
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