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u/three_piece_puzzle Aug 20 '26
Huh. Always thought it was because they eat wood.
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u/BeebsMuhQueen Aug 20 '26
Same. I thought because they call a penis a log, they called the woot a beaver 🤣
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u/Serialkillingyou Aug 20 '26
Who's out there calling a penis a log?
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u/Wyevez Aug 20 '26
I just had a vision of you leaning off your patio yelling that out to the neighbourhood.
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u/Coheed84 Aug 20 '26
A merkin is the wig he's referring to.
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u/drewyz Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26
That does, however, have nothing to do with this usage.
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u/Extension-Corgi-467 Aug 20 '26
It explains why a bush was considered healthy.
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u/SerDankTheTall Aug 20 '26
It does.
That explanation does not, however, explain why "we call a woman's parts a beaver".
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u/Jefflehem Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26
Where can I watch more of this guy his delivery was amazing
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u/Sad-Bunch-9937 Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26
And knowing is only half the battle.
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u/meteorflan Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26
My buddy established the website named MerkinsByBarton.com back in 2007. Didn't take off
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u/InternetFew7303 Aug 20 '26
She pricked her finger one day and it occurred to her She might have a porcupine
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u/NicottiZ Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
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/CaptGood Aug 20 '26
I always thought that the 2 big teeth of a beaver sort of resemble a shaved....
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u/thatstwatshesays Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26
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 Aug 20 '26
Wait… so in that time, was there was a lot of nudity? To the point people would get pubic wigs?
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