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In my self-appointed role as your dark (spelt s-l-a-n-g) side (don't hesitate to require me to put a sock in it), I checked out the counter-linguistic possibilities. Most refer, who'd have guessed, to the female breasts, while ‘plumpy’ is an erect penis and 'plumper' an act of intercourse. But my favo(u)rite is 'the plump currant', an outstanding example, whether positive or otherwise. Captiain Grose conjured thus, albeit adjectivally ‘I am not plump currant; I am out of sorts.’

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Nice! And so evocative.

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