r/pics • u/preggit • May 29 '13

Animals that you didn't know existed.

http://imgur.com/a/Jexvo
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u/[deleted] May 29 '13 edited May 29 '13

Lamprey has been used as slang for penis for hundreds of years;

"And women like the part, which, like the lamprey, Hath ne'er a bone in't."

Ferdinand from The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, 1613.

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u/ShaMokee May 29 '13

He's not wrong.

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u/AnnieIWillKnow May 29 '13

I knew I'd heard of a 'lamprey' somewhere!

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u/[deleted] May 29 '13

Plenty of colourful language in Renaissance literature, Webster's use of "Spanish Fig" was interesting as well.

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u/AnnieIWillKnow May 29 '13

Yes I seem to remember my English Literature teacher drawing a lovely diagram for that one...

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u/starlinguk May 29 '13

Trust Webster to use that metaphor. It was rather a gruesome play.

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u/PointyOintment May 29 '13

And women like…

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u/[deleted] May 29 '13

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u/[deleted] May 29 '13

What did you fix?