Cornhole (sometimes corn hole) is a sexual slang vulgarism for the anus.Munier, Alexis (2010). The Big Black Book of Very Dirty Words. Adams Media, The term came into use in the 1910s in the United States.Green, Jonathon (2006). Cassell's Dictionary of Slang: A Major New Edition of the Market-Leading Dictionary of Slang. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., Its verb form, to cornhole, which came into use in the 1930s, means 'to have anal sex'.Burke, David (2003). The Slangman Guide to Dirty English: Dangerous Expressions Americans Use Every Day. Slangman Publishing,

Connotations and variants The term is apparently derived "from the practice in the days of the outhouse of using dried corn cobs for toilet paper."McConville, Brigid; Shearlaw, John (1984). The Slanguage of Sex. Macdonald, Richter, Alan (1987). The Language of Sexuality. McFarland,

By the middle of the 20th century, the term was used among American criminals.Monteleone, Vincent Joseph (1949). Criminal Slang: The Vernacular of the Underground Lingo. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., According to a 1944 report on male-male prison rape, the term had taken on a more specific meaning of taking the penetrative role in anal sex.Greco, MC; Wright, JC (1944). The correctional institution in the etiology of chronic homosexuality. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Volume 14, Issue 2, pages 295–307, April 1944 It was also popularized in part through use in gay culture.Baker, Paul (2004). Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang. Continuum International Publishing Group, Reuter, Donald F. (2006). Gay-2-Zee: A Dictionary of Sex, Subtext, and the Sublime. Macmillan,

In a similar context, a corn husk is a "condom", especially one manufactured for anal intercourse.Victor/Dalzell eds (2007). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Psychology Press,

According to linguist Jonathan Lighter, to cornhole and variant non-derived synonyms have developed as compound verbs: to corncob and to corndog .Lighter, Johnathan E. (1997). Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Vol. 2: H-O. Random House Reference, Linguists have noted the verb form as an example of possible compound verbs in English. There is debate whether such words are genuine compounds or pseudo-compounds.Erdmann, Peter (1999). Compound verbs in English: are they pseudo? In Dekeyser Xavier; Tops, Guy A. J.; Geukens, Steven Thinking English Grammar: To Honour Xavier Dekeyser, Professor Emeritus. Volume 12 of Orbis / Supplementa. Peeters Publishers,

Cornholio, the alter ego of Beavis from Beavis and Butt-head, is a play on the word cornhole, as his catch phrase is “I am the Great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!"Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew (2008). "Simpsons Did It!" South Park as differential signifier. in Taking South Park Seriously. SUNY Press, Kellner, Douglas (2004). Beavis and Butt-Head: No Future for Postmodern Youth. In Steinberg, Shirley R.; Kincheloe, Joe. Kinderculture: The Corporate Construction of Childhood. Westview Press, The personality of Cornholio, in turn, became inspiration for the cocktail called the "Flaming Cornholio".Gatti, Susan Irvin (2003). Fuzzy navels and slippery nipples: A sociolinguistic reading of the cocktail menu. The Journal of American Culture, Volume 26, Issue 1, pages 104–110, March 2003

See also

Asshole Bunghole

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