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Thread #104417   Message #3430108
Posted By: Joe_F
02-Nov-12 - 06:35 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Puddin Tane & Other Rhyming Sayings
Subject: RE: Folklore: Puddin Tane & Other Rhyming Sayings
In my youth (1950s), I seldom heard & never used "poontang", but its primary meaning was a *black* woman considered sexually. So listed in Spears's _Slang and Euphemism_ (1981). So it is racist as well as vulgar, and I hope "puddin' tane" (which I know from childhood, 1940s) has nothing to do with it.