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cunning linguist

cunning linguist noun: one who performs cunnilingus.

Noun

cunning linguist (plural cunning linguists)

  1. (colloquial, euphemistic, humorous, vulgar) One who performs cunnilingus.
    • Then he wrote: "God is Dead" and "I Am a Cunning Linguist." McLean walked over and asked the man why he was writing these things. "Can't ya read, mister?" snarled the little man.1968, Norton Mockridge, The scrawl of the wild: what people write on walls and why, page 11
    • My love's a cunning linguist.
      His tongue's my greatest treasure.
      With "tu bella" and "liebe dich"
      He bends me to his pleasure.1970, John Boyd, The Organ Bank Farm, page 190
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cunning, linguist.
    • An enormous oak shelf holds a rich and choice library; […] Martial, the cunning linguist and wit; […]1894, Benito Pérez Galdós, translated by Mary Wharton, Lady Perfecta, page 206
    • You should hire/Some cunning linguist/To help you distinguish/What's proper English2014, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Word Crimes”, in Mandatory Fun

Examples of cunning linguist in a sentence

  • Become a Cunning Linguist – She Loves Oral Sex!2003, April Masini, Date Out of Your League, page 156:
  • Smith knows that ladies love a cunning linguist and a moist mouth.2005, Vibe, volume 13, number 9, page 107:
  • Frank Sewell, the most gifted poet of a new generation of Northern Ireland poets stated that the translator goes down on history; a cunning linguist.2009, Pat Boran, Flowing, Still: Irish poets on Irish poetry, page 69:

Forms of cunning linguist

pluralcunning linguists

Origin of cunning linguist

From use in bawdy puns with the near-homophone cunnilingus.

Questions about cunning linguist

What does cunning linguist mean?
Cunning linguist means one who performs cunnilingus.
How do you use cunning linguist in a sentence?
Become a Cunning Linguist – She Loves Oral Sex!
What part of speech is cunning linguist?
Cunning linguist is a noun.
What is the plural of cunning linguist?
The plural of cunning linguist is cunning linguists.

Words near cunning linguist in the dictionary

  1. cunnilingus
  2. cunnilinguses
  3. cunnin'
  4. cunning
  5. cunning folk
  6. cunning linguist
  7. cunning linguistics
  8. cunning linguists
  9. cunning man
  10. cunning men
  11. cunning stunt

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