# Provenance of the term "horny"?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provenance-of-the-term-horny/402577
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 3, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provenance-of-the-term-horny/402577 "2007-05-03T03:54:16Z")
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### Author: ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provenance-of-the-term-horny/402577/21 "2007-05-04T22:21:48Z")

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I always figured horny was a term used because that tends to be how most male animals with horns behave.

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