[Magdalen] Junk

[Jay Weigel]

The first I ever heard of this expression was the now-famous (notorious?)
episode of the passenger telling a TSA agent "Touch my junk and I'll have
you arrested." I have kids in the 30-something group and a teenage
grandson, but I'd never heard the expression before either.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 4:04 AM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Reading about politics, once again, brought up a certain politician who
> became famous for sending pictures of his "junk" to his mistress. At the
> time, I wondered, but never asked, how come male parts previously called
> "family jewels" in my generation became "junk" to younger folk.
>
> I wonder if this came from the black world and, if so, wonder why whites
> and blacks came up with words so opposite,
>
> Can anyone enlighten me?
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Allan Carr
>