Thursday, December 22, 2005

Trivia for Squiggle #XL!!!

With this 40th installment of Trivia for Squiggle, we finally reach 1,000 tidbits of useless information...and to celebrate, today's issue is all sexual-related with one surprise, commemorative entry. There shall be more...and if you like what you've seen so far, you can thank the Almighty Squiggle!

976. The term “scumbag” originally referred to a used condom.

977. The name of Wyoming’s Grand Teton peak literally means “big tit.”

978. In the original Grimm’s “Sleeping Beauty” fairy tale, the prince rapes her while she sleeps and then leaves before she wakes up.

979. The word “masturbation” comes from a Latin word meaning “to pollute oneself.”

980. The word “avocado” comes from the Spanish word aguacate, which in turn is derived from the Nahuatl word ahuacatl, which means “testicle.”

981. The eyelid and the skin of the scrotum are the only parts of the male body that contain no subcutaneous fat.

982. It’s believed that the purpose of pubic hair is to trap the scents released by the secretions in the pubic region; the same belief applies to armpit hair. Supposedly, the secretions serve as an erotic stimulus to the opposite sex.

983. There is a condition called “polymastia” wherein there are extra breast on the body. In 1886 there were two women who each had ten breasts, all of which secreted milk; and in 1894 there was a case reported of a man who had eight breasts. Interestingly enough, there was a woman named Madame Ventre in eighteenth-century France who had a fully functioning, lactating breast that stuck out of her left thigh just below the waist.

984. The term “venereal disease” was coined in the sixteenth century and originated from the Latin phrase morbus Veneris, which translates as “the sickness of Venus.” Venus was the goddess of love/sex.

985. Semen contains minute quantities of more than thirty elements, such as fructose, ascorbic acid, cholesterol, creatine, citric acid, urea, uric acid, sorbitol, pyruvic acid, glutathione, inositol, lactic acid, nitrogen, vitamin B12, various salts, and enzymes.

986. Coitophobia is the fear of coitus.

987. Cypridophobia is the fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.

988. Defecaloesiophobia is the fear of painful bowel movements.

989. Dishabiliophobia is the fear of undressing in front of someone.

990. Erotophobia is the fear of sexual love or sexual questions.

991. Eurotophobia is the fear of female genitalia.

992. Gymnophobia is the fear of nudity.

993. Hedonophobia is the fear of feeling pleasure.

994. Ithyphallophobia is the fear of seeing, thinking about, or having an erect penis.

995. Kolpophobia is the fear genitals, particularly female.

996. Medomalacuphobia is the fear of losing an erection.

997. Parthenophobia is the fear of virgins or young girls.

998. Scatophobia is the fear of fecal matter.

999. Venustraphobia is the fear of beautiful women.

And finally:

1000! A squiggle is a line that is wobbly. The name derives from the Latin word 'Squig' which literally translates as a 'road that is not straight'. This word has been in use since the Romans conquered Britain as they found that with the British countryside they could not build straight roads.

"Yes, I did it. I killed Yvette. I hated her so...much...it...it...the...it...the...f...flames...flames...on the side of my face...heaving...breathless...heaving breaths..."

1 Comments:

Blogger Squiggle said...

My favourite post so far! =D

Squiggley-wiggley power!!!

7:30 AM  

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