# slang-probably sex related **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 26, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549 "2010-01-26T19:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![furlibusea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@furlibusea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furlibusea)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/1 "2010-01-26T19:50:17Z")
One of my students said that someone was calling someone names or was saying something about one of the other students. he said “Ms. Furli… do you know what Alligator in a soup can is?” I have no clue but if it is sexual I don’t want my 17 year old student explaining it to me. Anyone got any clues. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/2 "2010-01-26T20:00:35Z")
Don’t know…but willing to bet it’s “cream of” …something. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/3 "2010-01-26T20:15:39Z")
Some Googling shows that alligator can be: [A musician or a fan of swing music.](http://nfo.net/usa/slang.html) [Cockney rhyming slang for ‘later’](http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/alligator) [An investment property that doesn’t pay off.](http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZA.HTM) [Busted tires in the middle of the road.](http://www.cbslang.com/dictionary/alligator) I don’t think any of this is going to help you, **furlibusea** , but I’m wondering if it’s an original joke or if there’s a miscommunication. Googling for “alligator in a soup can” didn’t turn up anything. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/4 "2010-01-26T20:17:12Z")
I believe it to be made up either moments beforehand or is in a sexual slang dialect limited to that single school. I find no trace of it or any of its components elsewhere on the web. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/5 "2010-01-26T20:18:49Z")
I was going to check out [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com), but would you believe that I’m denied access at work? Must be all those dirty words . . . ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/6 "2010-01-26T20:19:03Z")
It also wouldn’t be the first time a student didn’t know what they were saying either. Alligator in a soup can wink wink. You know wink wink. They just are. Ok. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/7 "2010-01-26T20:22:01Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > I was going to check out [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com), but would you believe that I’m denied access at work? Must be all those dirty words . . . According to Urban Dictionary: **alligator:** When you are performing cunnilingus on a woman, you stop, slowly elevate your head above pussy level so that she can only see your eyes and move them from side to side like an alligator. **soup can:** The vagina, hootch, cunt, pussy, snatch…etc ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/8 "2010-01-26T20:23:23Z")
I’m surprised the urban dictionary link didn’t turn up, but that would explain it. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/9 "2010-01-26T23:10:09Z")
> [@Dog80](#): > > According to Urban Dictionary: > > **alligator:** When you are performing cunnilingus on a woman, you stop, slowly elevate your head above pussy level so that she can only see your eyes and move them from side to side like an alligator. That sounds so hilarious I want to do it. Man, my girlfriend is in for a treat tonight! ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/10 "2010-01-27T03:41:20Z")
As long as it’s not tomato soup. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/11 "2010-01-27T04:23:09Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > That sounds so hilarious I want to do it. Man, my girlfriend is in for a treat tonight! That is so hilarious that I would lose my mojo if my husband did it to me… I’d be laughing waaaayyyyy to hard! ETA: I just told my husband about it and his response was “That’s awesome! Totally doing it!” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/12 "2010-01-27T04:59:32Z")
> [@md2000](#): > > As long as it’s not tomato soup. More like clam chowder. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/13 "2010-01-27T13:09:48Z")
> [@](#): > > That sounds so hilarious I want to do it. Man, my girlfriend is in for a treat tonight! I suspect that the actual outcome of your doing this would be either: 1.) “What the _hell_ are you doing?” or 2.) Sustained, mood-killing laughter. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/14 "2010-01-27T13:28:52Z")
If I did that, assuming she was even watching (which she usually isn’t- head back and eyes closed, one hand on the back of my head), the reaction would be 1) “What the \*hell \*are you doing?”. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/15 "2010-01-27T14:47:57Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I suspect that the actual outcome of your doing this would be either: > > 1.) “What the _hell_ are you doing?” > > or 2.) Sustained, mood-killing laughter. Who doesn’t like to laugh? 🆒 ---
**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:** [January 27, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/16 "2010-01-27T14:59:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Who doesn’t like to laugh? I love it, and it has its proper place in sex. But I’ve also has situations where it completely ruined the mood. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/17 "2010-01-27T15:53:32Z")
> [@md2000](#): > > As long as it’s not tomato soup. _Or_ Campbell’s Pepper Pot Soup. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/18 "2010-01-27T18:07:33Z")
Are you sure you heard correctly? It sounds vaguely similar to “[Prince] Albert in a [soup] can.” When you say they were calling each other names, are you sure they weren’t just calling each other? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/19 "2010-01-27T18:14:21Z")
I don’t think jokes about Prince Albert are very popular with kids these days. It also doesn’t work unless you’re on the phone with someone who can’t see you, and Albert doesn’t sound so much like alligator that they’re going to be easily confused. We’re talking about 17-year-olds, so the sex joke makes a lot more sense. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549/20 "2010-01-27T18:37:18Z")
> [@Dog80](#): > > According to Urban Dictionary: > > **alligator:** When you are performing cunnilingus on a woman, you stop, slowly elevate your head above pussy level so that she can only see your eyes and move them from side to side like an alligator. > > **soup can:** The vagina, hootch, cunt, pussy, snatch…etc Robin Williams routine, though without the eyes going side to side. May be NSFW in some workplaces. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ygqR3fDBhe4/hqdefault.jpg "Robin WIlliams....the ending of all endings") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygqR3fDBhe4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-probably-sex-related/526549.md?page=2)