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[hatman]

Back in the early 50s, there was a story in which the Joker tries to trick Batman into making an embarrassingly stupid mistake. The story used a common (and rather mild) slang term for this, but in the time since, that word has taken on a very different meaning. You may have seen this before, but I thought some of you might enjoy it.

Summary, with the relevant panels (shorter and funnier)

Full-page scans of the story

Comments

[alliegee.livejournal.com]

OMG!!!!! Hilarious!!! Thanks for posting this!!!!!!

[acbshada.livejournal.com]

Wow....lol There are no words.

[doranwen.livejournal.com]

*is slightly embarrassed to admit that although she has heard the term somewhere, she doesn't know what it means in today's usage*

[pgwfolc.livejournal.com]

It now refers to... a sign of male excitement.

[doranwen.livejournal.com]

Ahh. *snickers* That does make it pretty funny. Thanks for the info.

[beansideirae.livejournal.com]

oh my. gotta say i prefer the original version without the added subtext...take it for its original meaning and it's still funny, but much less embarrassing to read.

language certainly does change over the years.