# Daisy Chain - does that still mean what I think it means? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 12, 2006, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423 "2006-08-12T07:32:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/1 "2006-08-12T07:32:03Z")
Back in the day, “Daisy Chain” refered to a group of woman performing oral sex on each other in a circle. Has anyone heard of this? Was it just my gross friends and gross highschool, or is this actually a common slang term. The reason I ask is because my friends granddaughter (who is 10) has a little jewelry making business that she’s calling “Daisy Chain” and I mentioned it to my friend. Not because I was trying to make a fuss, but if she had called it “Circle Jerk” I probably would have mentioned it as well. So - what sez you dopers? Does Daisy Chain still refer to what I think it refers to, or is that a horribly old and antiquated notion? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/2 "2006-08-12T07:43:20Z")
Take your [pick](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_chain) I’ve heard nearly all of them. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/3 "2006-08-12T07:57:36Z")
When I saw the thread title, I assumed you meant a chain of SCSI devices. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/4 "2006-08-12T08:03:25Z")
Never heard of the reference you spoke to. In our idyllic days as youngters, a “daisy chain” was just that … a chain made of flowers with the stems tied one after the other. We used to wear them as necklaces. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/5 "2006-08-12T08:29:38Z")
Yeah, a real daisy chain is a chain of daisies. And I think you’ll find that is what most people would read it as. Though calling a store “Pearl Necklace” might get some giggles. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/6 "2006-08-12T08:37:29Z")
That’s the first time I hear “daisy chain” meaning anything other than a wreath made of actual flowers. You had an interesting highschool! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/7 "2006-08-12T08:38:44Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] You had an interesting highschool! [/QUOTE] Yes, yes I did. Don’t even ask me what an “Angel Kiss” is supposed to be. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/8 "2006-08-12T08:54:11Z")
I’m 20 and “daisy chain” refers to the sexual act you described (in my highschool it did, at least). Oh, but it isn’t just women: men can do it too (since they have stems, ya see). ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/9 "2006-08-12T09:01:54Z")
Daisy chains are sexual, I only learned about actual flower chains six months ago. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/10 "2006-08-12T10:51:55Z")
I never heard it used in anyway other than a sexual context. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/11 "2006-08-12T10:56:29Z")
The sexual act is the only meaning I’ve heard too. No men, though, just women. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/12 "2006-08-12T12:40:35Z")
I thought it referred to men, each one buggering the fellow in front of him. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/13 "2006-08-12T13:13:17Z")
Miss Alice is a dirty, dirty girl. I’d never heard that. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/14 "2006-08-12T13:15:46Z")
[QUOTE=Neidhart] I thought it referred to men, each one buggering the fellow in front of him. [/QUOTE] I’ve never heard the word used referring to this act, but I have heard about the act, and I have to ask: How the hell does this work logistically? I mean, you must slip out all the time, or not be able to move, and generally it must be a pain in the… wait, that would be an unfortunate choice of words. Let’s say “really fucking annoying” instead. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/15 "2006-08-12T13:26:25Z")
[QUOTE=Neidhart] I thought it referred to men, each one buggering the fellow in front of him. [/QUOTE] This is my understanding of the term as well. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/16 "2006-08-12T13:47:12Z")
I understood the definition to be as the OP stated. I haven’t heard of it mentioned for years, except for the line in the Pink Floyd song. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/17 "2006-08-12T14:04:56Z")
The references I am familiar with are also sexual. Only then it was a boy-girl-boy-girl-etc… thing. I can see how it got it’s name from the actual chain of flowers though. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/18 "2006-08-12T14:42:45Z")
Chain of flowers, chain of scsi devices. Never knew it had a sexual connotation. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/19 "2006-08-12T14:44:08Z")
I’ve heard it both ways. I’ve made actual daisy chains, with actual flowers, and heard it sexually as men, and as women. And I’m 30. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423/20 "2006-08-12T14:47:50Z")
I’ve heard both the sexual and the flowery definition. I first heard ( rather read ) the sexual version in Philip José Farmer’s _Image of the Beast_. He used it to refer to a dual gendered chain of people engaging in various sex acts. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daisy-chain-does-that-still-mean-what-i-think-it-means/368423.md?page=2)