MASTURBATION

circle jerk noun, US, 1958
group male masturbation, sometimes mutual and
sometimes simply a shared solitary experience
• If there are several persons present, and
somehow it has been determined that all
are “O.K.”, a circle jerk will result. —John
Francis Hunter, The Gay Insider 1971

dishonorable discharge noun, US, 1964
• When I was in the army, a sergeant caught
me in the shower in the process of giving
my dick a dishonorable discharge. I looked
him straight in the eye and told him it was
my dick and I could wash it as fast as I
wanted to. —Ken Weaver, Texas Crude 1984

fist-fucking; fisting noun, UK, 1891
• FIST FUCKING! [Headline] — Screw 1st
September 1969

hand gallop noun, US, 1971
• In Lewisburg he used to tell me he was
saving it up, no hand-gallops for him[.]
—George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie
Doyle 1971

Irish wedding noun, US, 1987
• — Maledicta 1986–1987: ‘A continuation of a
glossary of ethnic slurs in American English’

Rosie Palm and her five sisters; Rosie Palm;

Rosie noun, US, 1977
the male hand as the instrument of
masturbation
• FRIEND: why don’t you be a gentleman and
ask Rosey? TED: Who? FRIEND: Rosey Palm,
your girlfriend. God knows you spend
enough fucking time with her. — Something
About Mary 1998