Cornhole (slang)

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Cornhole (sometimes corn hole) is a sexual slang vulgarism for the anus. [1] The term came into use in the 1910s in the United States. [2] Its verb form, to cornhole, which came into use in the 1930s, means 'to have anal sex'. [2] [3]

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The term is apparently derived "from the practice in the days of the outhouse of using dried corn cobs for toilet paper." [4] [5]

By the middle of the 20th century, the term was used among American criminals. [6] According to a 1944 report on male-male prison rape, the term had taken on a more specific meaning of taking the penetrative role in anal sex. [7] It was also popularized in part through use in gay culture. [8] [9]

In a similar context, a corn husk is a "condom", especially one manufactured for anal intercourse. [10]

According to linguist Jonathan Lighter, to cornhole and variant non-derived synonyms have developed as compound verbs: to corncob [1975] and to corndog [1985]. [11] Linguists have noted the verb form as an example of possible compound verbs in English. There is debate whether such words are genuine compounds or pseudo-compounds. [12]

Cornholio, the alter ego of Beavis from Beavis and Butt-head , is a play on the word cornhole, as his catch phrase is “I am the Great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!" [13] [14] The personality of Cornholio, in turn, became inspiration for the cocktail called the "Flaming Cornholio". [15]

Comedian George Carlin performed a short skit about the word cornhole in his 2005 show "Life Is Worth Losing", praising it for being tough-sounding and thus more honest than politically correct terms like anal intercourse or anal rape. He elaborated on the word repeatedly in earlier shows, including a famous rant about the euphemism treadmill which caused the term shell shock to evolve into post-traumatic stress disorder . He then imagined its use in a forensic investigation scene of a police procedurals television series ("That there is a posthumous, multiple cornhole entry wound") and pointed out that "in prison it's a social activity". [16]

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