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Venerable Canadian magazine “The Beaver” has apparently gotten tired of reading repulsive search query records in their analytics program. So, to recap the game: Porn 1; Canada o. You faceless perverts have officially won exclusive use of the silly and disconcerting (think of the teeth!) term “beaver”. Use it in good health. And by “good health” I mean, I hope you suffer oozing genital wounds for sullying our proud, national beast.
The Winnipeg-based magazine was launched in 1920 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Hudson’s Bay Company and the fur trade that led to the early exploration of Canada.
But in modern times, the term “beaver” has become slang for women’s genitals.
“The Beaver was an impediment online,” publisher Deborah Morrison told AFP.
“Several readers asked us to change the title because their spam filters at home or at work were blocking it,” she said. “I’ve even had emails bounce back because I had inadvertently typed the term in the heading.”
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January 13th, 2010 at 11:45 am
“But in modern times, the term “beaver” has become slang for women’s genitals.”
What?!?!?!?!?
Surely not!
January 13th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Well, you know — modern is a relative term.
“Gynecological sense (”female genitals, especially with a display of pubic hair”) is 1927 British slang, transferred from earlier meaning “a bearded man” (1910), from the appearance of split beaver pelts.” – dictionary.com
January 13th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
I’m thinking they could have the best of both worlds (and attract submissions from Kilgore Trout) with “Canada’s History: Wide-Open Beavers Inside!”
January 13th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Aren’t there any Arrogant Worms fans at that magazine?
We Are the Beaver
The US is the eagle, Russia is the bear,
Australia is the kangaroo, cause they’re kind of weird down there.
Yeah, India is the tiger, that stands so proud and tall,
But Canada is the greatest of them all.
We are the beaver, we’re furry and we’re free
Yeah, we are the beaver, we got two big front teeth
Yeah, we are the beaver, we can chew right through small trees
We are the beaver, we are the beaver, we are the beaver.
etc
January 13th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Click my name for part of the old Hinterland Who’s Who PSA about our national beast. Pervert slang be damned!
January 13th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
That’s priceless. I, along with probably most of the rest of our Canadian readers of a certain age, can whistle that intro music by heart.