# Piece of tail...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-tail/51345>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-tail/51345 "2001-01-23T02:00:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Omega007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@Omega007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega007)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-tail/51345/1 "2001-01-23T02:00:09Z")

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I am in an arguement that I am sure I shall win once I make this posting. The question at hand is whether or not the phrase “piece of tail” means a man’s penis or an ass. I believe it is an ass. I am posting this for you all to prove me correct. Please do so and make my opposition cry like a little girl.

Thanks,

Omega007

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**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-tail/51345/2 "2001-01-23T02:07:23Z")

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I’ve always heard the expression used to describe someone to have sex with, usually a girl. If being aplied to a man, asuming a traditional hetero coupling, I would say that it most closely refers to the penis. If this is the consensus here, will you cry like a little girl?

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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-tail/51345/3 "2001-01-23T02:27:49Z")

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‘Piece of Tail’, as far as I know, is a more polite form of ‘Piece of Ass’ i.e. a hot chick.

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**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-tail/51345/4 "2001-01-23T02:57:56Z")

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Yeah, I’ve gotta admit I’ve only ever heard this term applied to a woman, so I don’t know if this’ll help you, but in those cases it always meant “ass”, not “vagina”, so I’d assume it meant the same thing when applied to a man.

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**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-tail/51345/5 "2001-01-23T03:12:42Z")

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I am from the South, and there “piece of tail” refers to the sexual act, not the body part. “Getting a piece of tail” is interchangeable with “getting laid.”

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**Author:** ![socialxray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@socialxray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/socialxray)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-tail/51345/6 "2001-01-23T03:38:42Z")

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I’m with Brynda. My female friend uses that phrase in reference to getting action with a guy, so, I guess it’s really interchangeable in that respect.

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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-tail/51345/7 "2001-01-23T04:00:43Z")

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I once worked with a Rhodesian ex-patriate widower who referred to women as “split tails” . I’ve never heard that expression any where else.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piece-of-tail/51345/8 "2001-01-23T05:16:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by grienspace \*  
> \*\*I once worked with a Rhodesian ex-patriate widower who referred to women as “split tails” . I’ve never heard that expression any where else. \*\*

My mother-in-law, from Alabama, used that term to refer to her granddaughter, upon receiving news of her birth “So you got a little split tail, huh?”. Really did a lot for my relationship with her.