# Polling: Popular terms for masturbation **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176 "2006-11-20T17:37:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Testy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@Testy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Testy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/41 "2006-11-21T06:34:34Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] Thai: _“Chug wau”_ (flying a kite). I’ve always loved this one. The whole “go fly a kite” implication that it’s fun but somehow not the real thing… [/QUOTE] Yeah, I just love that one. I knew the slang meaning but thought it also referred to _actually_ flying a kite and mentioned that the whole family should go out in the desert and Chuk Wao. Unfortunately, my mother-in-law, a stern and elderly lady, my wife, **and** my 18 year-old daughter were in the car with me. :o The trip home was very quiet. Testy ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/42 "2006-11-21T08:26:27Z")
Having a “J.Arthur” As in J.Arthur Rank = Wank ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/43 "2006-11-21T09:11:30Z")
As has been pointed out around here, anything can sound dirty if said right: "She’s…redecoration her den :eek: " "He’s…adjusting his carborator :eek: :eek: :eek: " But I do think they’re a too much tip to the side of guys masturbating. We need to work up some more female terms…how about dunking the little man in the boat? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/44 "2006-11-21T09:17:52Z")
[QUOTE=mamboman] And sitting around with your thumb up your ass _isn’t_ actual masturbation? [/QUOTE] Funny, I was just thinking about that. That “pull your finger out” was pretty much a respectable term even if it implied your finger in your ass. The English are interesting people. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/45 "2006-11-21T12:54:24Z")
Cuff the carrot Slam the ham Doing Mother Thumb and her four daughters ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/46 "2006-11-21T13:07:24Z")
> [@](#): > > How can we have forgotten “Plucking the magic twanger,” taken from the Howdy Doody show in the 1950’s. > > “C’mon, Froggy, pluck your magic twanger!” > > Was that Gabby Hayes or Slim Pickens? None of the above. I’m afraid you have to brush up on your 1950s kid’s shows. It was gravel-voiced **Andy Devine** , and his show was The Andy Devine Show, not Howdy Doody. the 50s were filled with many now-forgotten children’s programming – Rootie Kazootie, Winky Dink and You, Ding Dong School, and many far more obscure. Howdy Doody and Mickey Mouse were not the sole rulers. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/47 "2006-11-21T14:04:03Z")
[QUOTE=Pygmy Rugger] I always heard “peelin’ chilie” to mean slacking off, beating off, or sitting around with your thumb up your ass, and not to mean actual masturbation. [/QUOTE] Could be. My ex is the only person I know to say it at all, much less in the context of masturbation. However, that is the context he used it in. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/48 "2006-11-21T14:42:07Z")
More on **Andy devine** and his kids show **Andy’s Gang** : > **[Andy Devine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Devine)** > > Andrew Vabre Devine (October 7, 1905 – February 18, 1977) was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in Western films, including his role as Cookie, the sidekick of Roy Rogers in 10 feature films. He also appeared alongside John Wayne in films such as Stagecoach (1939), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and How the West Was Won (both 1962). He is also remembered as Jingles on the TV series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok from 1951 to 1958, as D... ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/49 "2006-11-21T14:49:29Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] How About “Straightening the Dope” ? [/QUOTE] Here’s [Cecil’s](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_076.html) own take on the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/50 "2006-11-21T14:51:11Z")
[joycelying the elder](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joycelyn_Elders) ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/51 "2006-11-21T14:55:30Z")
If you recall Clinton’s Surgeon General’s advice about masturbation… Josslin’ the elders. I can’t take credit for that one. In fact, I think I read it on these boards some time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/52 "2006-11-21T15:19:25Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] [joycelying the elder](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joycelyn_Elders) [/QUOTE] I went through the whole page making sure that no one else already said it, and you snuck it past me. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/53 "2006-11-21T15:28:31Z")
Maybe my fingers get more exercise than yours 😃 I saw the same thread you did that first mentioned the term. I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/54 "2006-11-24T05:42:56Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] This is what I’m going to call it from now on. [/QUOTE] Glad to lend a hand. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/55 "2006-11-24T15:23:14Z")
Two pages into this thread on this board and nobody’s done: **Killing Kittens**? also: Roughing up the suspect Whipping the weasel Soaking the sock Summoning the geenie Voting Buttering the noodle ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/56 "2006-11-25T05:02:47Z")
A local radio personality by the name of Daria O’Neil once did a fabulous bit on 94.7 NRK entitled “101 Euphemisms for Female Masturbation” that I’d give a nickel to have a copy of (along with recordings of the “Mark Trail” segments her brother did,) but alas it seems to have dropped from the face of the planet. A couple I remember were: Polishing the O’Keefe Parting the Meat Curtains It went on forever and nearly caused me to wreck my vehicle from laughing so hard… ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/57 "2006-11-25T06:31:12Z")
From my youth: Having a toss/tossing off ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2006, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/58 "2006-11-25T11:26:41Z")
Pulling yer pud A ham shank ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/59 "2006-11-26T04:39:11Z")
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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-masturbation/381176/60 "2006-11-26T07:51:24Z")
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