QUOTE (Reader @ Jan 8 2004, 06:33 PM)
horny (how the fuck did this word come to represent what it means?)
breach
sorry to break protocol. I think on a history channel show they said that the saytr (half goat, half man) was always chasing women and never actually "getting anything". they said the word was based on his horns. (I'm sure you know "saytr" plays of greek times were the premise for our word "satire." more? backdrops were called "skenes" and if something was really gross, it took place ob, or off skene. where we get obscene)
or car horns. i heard that in early 20th century white men would drive to the back door of the african american bordello and instead of going inside they would honk their car horns. but they were using that reference (on a local sports show) to explain the meaning of "honkey"
hope I haven't offended anyone.