My dictionary didn’t give a derivation for the word. So where did the “joy” in “joystick” come from?
Serious answers appreciated. Smutty answers expected.
Who put the “bop” in the bop, shebop, shebop, who put the “ram” in the rama lama ding dong? Who was that man, I’d like to shake his hand…he made my joystick fall in love with me.
Uh, sounds like you’re in love with your joystick.
Sigh. Here I am, hijacking my own thread.
Yeah , well…it’s late.
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19991202 Nobody’s quite sure, but some people think it might have started as a euphamism for penis. Or maybe a derivation of ‘Joist’, which got extended in the other direction.
I always thought this was from the early days of aviation, named from the sheer joy of flying. That was my WAG, anyway.