'The Killer In Me'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
And here I keep thinking about D'Argo.
Hey, he wears leather, doesn't he?
Also, I'd never even considered hearing "bites" as offensive. I'm not personally offended by "sucks" either, but I could imagine someone else being bothered by it. Bites, though? Really? Huh.
No cites, but I think your data is skewed based on your location, you SF freak.
Could be.
I've heard it used a lot with no leather or men implied.
Because the phrase has burrowed up from the subculture and is widely kicked around with etymological ignorance of its origin. I think. It could have a pimp-source too. I can imagine that. But the phrase has a skeezy undertow to it that carries an element of sexual and personal dominance in it.
I guess I'm immune now. I don't think of either one as vulgar in the least...not that I think Queen Elizabeth uses either mind you.
Because the phrase has burrowed up from the subculture
the phrase has a skeezy undertow to it that carries an element of sexual and personal dominance in it.
Honestly, I think the vast majority of people think it has to do with "sugar daddy" and are utterly oblivious to any influence of sexual dominance of the more direct sort. It's a power and an "I'm da man" thing, as in the guy cackling "Who's your daddy?" as he scoops up the poker pot.
That is how they use it on TV.
From an online etymological resource:
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who's your daddy?/who's yer daddy?/who's ya daddy?
- (effectively) I control you -
the Who's Your Daddy? expression has many subtle variations. Opinions are divided, and usage varies, between two main meanings, whose roots can be traced back to mid-late 1800's, although the full expression seems to have evolved in the 1900's. The full 'Who's Your daddy? expression is likely to have originated in USA underworld and street cultures. The main variations are:
The sexual undertow and sordid nature of the expression has made this an appealing expression in the underworld, prison etc.
In much of the expression's common usage the meanings seem to converge, in which the hybrid 'feel' is one of (sexual) domination/control/intimacy in return for payment/material reward/safety/protection.
Daddy has many other slang uses which would have contributed to the dominant/paternalistic/authoritative/sexual-contract feel of the expression, for example:
Well, sure--"who's your daddy" is fairly mainstream "I'm beating you at something" now, but...as I said, Daddy/boy (or boi) relationships are a little more meaning to that phrase...
And here I keep thinking about D'Argo.
I'm so out of the loop.
Ahahahaha!
Honestly, I think the vast majority of people think it has to do with "sugar daddy" and are utterly oblivious to any influence of sexual dominance of the more direct sort. It's a power and an "I'm da man" thing, as in the guy cackling "Who's your daddy?" as he scoops up the poker pot.
I think so, too. And I am quite fond of the sordid underbelly of sexual practices. But whenever I hear it, I think of it in a sugar daddy way, or an I'm-the-MAN! way.
DUDE. I'm now gonna be skeeved every time Keith says "Who's your daddy?" to Veronica. Wahh! My favorite father-daughter relationship on TV! Ruined!
Bwhahah! And on Veronica Mars just now, a criminal said (re: Veronica) "wouldn't mind having HER call me Daddy!"