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Thread #125453   Message #2779891
Posted By: Lighter
03-Dec-09 - 03:33 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Sex education in song?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Sex education in song?
"Weenie" (the usual spelling) is well known in the US though mostly as a childish or jocular euphemism.

Same with "wiener." And, yes, both literally mean a Vienna sausage.
A frankfurter is also sometimes called a wiener or a weenie, though "weenie" is usually jocular.