IVing IV " 'woods"...calling Ishmael Reed
Mark Kohut
markekohut at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 4 19:50:01 CST 2009
P. 292 "how soon you want all them 'woods suckin all on you dick in gratitude?"
Ah, what's "'woods mean", do we know (or think?) Or, what is missing that is expressed by the apostrophe?
yes, we know wood is the not-usual-slang for an erection, a woody.....BUT
is that what it means here?
Here is an older meaning.
(archaic) mad, insane, crazed
With this definition just learned, I might say in context it means something like "crazies from the hood"?......
anyone, anyone?
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