Search: kerchief etymology
Why: In Rant: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk:
Before thenabouts, Rant and me was just-neckerchief scouts. If all your folks could buy you was the yellow kerchief for round your neck, you was the bottom rung of Cub Scouting.That word seems incomplete.
Answer: It's from the French word for "cover"!
couvrechief (couvrir, "to cover" + chief, "head") -> courchief -> curchef
Source: EtymOnline
The More You Know: I was going to tell you about the different colors of scout neckerchiefs and what they mean, but it turns out that they don't mean anything - they're just to differentiate between and personalize troops. Instead, here's a short list of the GLBT hanky code:
| Black | S&M |
| Red | Fisting |
| Dark blue | Anal sex |
| Light blue | Oral sex |
| Yellow | Watersports |
| Brown | Scat |
| Green | Hustler/Prostitution |
| Orange | Anything, anywhere, any time (but not necessarily anyone) |
| Purple | Into piercing |
| Grey | Bondage |
There is a lot to remember.
| Medium blue | Uniform fetish | Police uniforms or uniforms worn by other authority figures |
| Teal | Cock and ball torture | |
| Khaki | Military sex (Uniform fetish) | Likes wearing military uniforms |
| Olive drab | Military person | Left: A military top; Right: a military bottom |
Be careful what you're putting out there, boiz.
Ewww - so Rant and Buster were unwittingly asking to be pee'd on? Ha!
ReplyDeleteLove your stuff, Carly!