# Oral pleasure

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-pleasure/51558>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 24, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-pleasure/51558 "2001-01-24T15:48:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Sammy\_Stiffarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sammy\_Stiffarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sammy_Stiffarrow)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-pleasure/51558/1 "2001-01-24T15:48:58Z")

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Why is it called a ‘blow’ job?

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**Author:** ![Anachronism](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Anachronism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anachronism)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-pleasure/51558/2 "2001-01-24T16:46:44Z")

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Looks like you registered just to post this question, Welcome to the straight dope, etc.

Next time search the archives first, your question was covered it this thread —\>[sucking vs. blowing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=49753)

The first ten posts chastise the user for his grammar & capitalization (or lack thereof), but there are 2 pages of good answers after that.