# What does b\*\*\* mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544 "2017-12-14T22:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/1 "2017-12-14T22:57:58Z")
A direct quote from the Votemaster this morning: > [@](#): > > He says he was subjected to all manner of crude and demeaning sexual comments, particularly as his wedding drew nearer. “Better have your fiancee b\*\*\* you before she walks down the aisle—it will be the last time,” for example. Can someone enlighten me as to what it means? My wife suggested “ball” but that hardly seems so raw as to require asterisks. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/2 "2017-12-14T22:59:31Z")
Bone. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/3 "2017-12-14T23:00:26Z")
Blow, surely. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/4 "2017-12-14T23:02:22Z")
Blow for sure - It is an ancient meme to say the girlfriends give BJs; wives do not. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/5 "2017-12-14T23:03:38Z")
Could be ‘bang’ too but ‘blow’ conforms to a common joke form. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/6 "2017-12-14T23:04:01Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > Blow for sure - It is an ancient meme to say the girlfriends give BJs; wives do not. Yeah, you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/7 "2017-12-14T23:07:26Z")
Blow. And uh…memes aren’t 100% reliable. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/8 "2017-12-14T23:17:54Z")
Blow. There’s an ancient joke with the punchline, “and the bride said, ‘I just gave the last blowjob of my life.’” ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/9 "2017-12-15T00:11:11Z")
I’ve also heard the joke that the difference between a wife and girlfriend is the GF swallows. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/10 "2017-12-15T00:53:58Z")
It can only be _blow_. Old, old joke. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/11 "2017-12-15T01:43:29Z")
All right, I feel dumb now. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/12 "2017-12-15T01:53:58Z")
Has anyone mentioned “blow”, yet? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/13 "2017-12-15T02:13:28Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > A direct quote from the Votemaster this morning: > > Can someone enlighten me as to what it means? My wife suggested “ball” but that hardly seems so raw as to require asterisks. Heh. I haven’t heard “ball” in this sense in a long time. Other than that fact, it doesn’t make sense since, presumably, while times are a-changing, reproduction is still an important part of many/most marriages and that usually requires balling/boning/banging of some type, but not blowing. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/14 "2017-12-15T04:35:20Z")
Since the obviously correct answer has already been given, let’s move this to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/15 "2017-12-15T07:44:09Z")
boss ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/16 "2017-12-15T10:43:09Z")
I always heard the joke as: Q: Why are brides always smiling? A: They’ve given their last blowjob. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/17 "2017-12-15T15:49:07Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Blow. > > There’s an ancient joke with the punchline, “and the bride said, ‘I just gave the last blowjob of my life.’” Q: what’s the difference between a job and a wife? A: After twenty years, the job still sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/18 "2017-12-15T22:55:14Z")
Who said this? Other than a blowjob, what the heck is this about? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/19 "2017-12-16T00:53:56Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Who said this? Other than a blowjob, what the heck is this about? [Here’s the relevant context](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/farenthold-verbal-abuse-sexual-remarks_us_5a31d972e4b01bdd7659dce3). It has to do with Farenthold. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544/20 "2017-12-16T17:19:58Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > Blow for sure - It is an ancient meme to say the girlfriends give BJs; wives do not. Same vote here. And while I didn’t read the entire thread to see if someone else mentioned it, it brought to mind the old joke ------ What is the difference between a bad job and a new wife? After a year the job still blows. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-b-mean/804544.md?page=2)