Talk:doughnut

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Canada/US sense for tyre mark is confusing me[edit]

I thought they spelled it donut (and it's there too). Is this spelling also used? Equinox 23:40, 28 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

RFV discussion: April 2021[edit]

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Slang for vulva. Of the two citations, the 2012 ("basically the in and the out, the hot dog splicing through the doughnut") seems to be making a metaphorical comparison (this is like this) rather than a true sense of the word; the 2014 seems nonsensical and of unclear meaning at best (it's part of a nonsense poem). Equinox 18:08, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Green's has an entry for this sense with 5 cites. They range from 1859 to 1935, so I'm guessing they're not of a piece with the current cites, which, as you say, might just be ad-hoc metaphors. I suppose lifting cites directly from Green's is not on, but they might at least provide some indication for where to look. Colin M (talk) 03:34, 15 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

cited Kiwima (talk) 05:54, 15 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Not cited! Two of those cites are for "doughnut dollies", completely unrelated to vulva. Why did you think this could mean vulva? "Vulva dollies"? See link [1]: "American service men in England during World War II called American Red Cross girls Doughnut Dollies. It was a warm and affectionate term designed to show the soldiers' appreciation for the morale-building efforts of the American Red Cross. The Red Cross girls operated clubmobiles which were driven to air bases where the girls served fresh doughnuts,..." Equinox 06:07, 15 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
The 1994 cite is pretty spurious too, seems to mean "virginity" rather than "vulva"... BigDom 11:39, 15 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Ok, now it is cited. Kiwima (talk) 23:32, 15 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 22:12, 23 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

RFV discussion: December 2023–March 2024[edit]

See Talk:doughnought#RFV discussion: December 2023–March 2024.

RFM discussion: January 2021–March 2024[edit]

See Talk:donut#RFM discussion: January 2021–March 2024.