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In 1958, was the word "beaver" ever used to denote female genitalia? Was this ever a point of humor with the cast?:lol:

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Hola!

In 1958, was the word "beaver" ever used to denote female genitalia? Was this ever a point of humor with the cast?:lol:

Senor

LOL! Somehow, I doubt it. The slang was so different back then and keep in mind the innocence of the era. I think back then they said what they meant and meant what they said. Look at how times we have heard Eddie Haskell ask Wally if he wanted to mess around. That one sentence is blown completely out of context nowadays. I'm sure some had their own slang that we never heard before to describe sexual innuendos and we wouldn't have the foggiest idea of what the heck they are talking about!:)

LOL! Somehow, I doubt it. The slang was so different back then and keep in mind the innocence of the era. I think back then they said what they meant and meant what they said. Look at how times we have heard Eddie Haskell ask Wally if he wanted to mess around. That one sentence is blown completely out of context nowadays. I'm sure some had their own slang that we never heard before to describe sexual innuendos and we wouldn't have the foggiest idea of what the heck they are talking about!:)

I didn't realize Beaver had a meaning as to something dirty.. But I agree with everything Desilu said. :wave:

Of course not.

I didn't know that "beaver" was a dirty word now... :confused:

I didn't know that "beaver" was a dirty word now... :confused:


Just as the original poster stated, it's a slang word to describe the female genitalia. It's nothing to get shook up about, it just is what it is. Next generation will call it something else.

No.

No, and in my opinion, only the creeps of the world call it that anyway.

No, and in my opinion, only the creeps of the world call it that anyway.

I agree with you. People can be very disrespectful.

Anyone remember the dialog from the Naked Gun movie..."Nice beaver".....“Thank you. I just had it stuffed.”

Anyone remember the dialog from the Naked Gun movie..."Nice beaver".....“Thank you. I just had it stuffed.”

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw this topic:lol:

And let's not forget the Leave it to Beaver spoof in the Bill Murray movie 'Scrooged'- I think it was called 'Father Loves Beaver'

Here's something I found interesting. I have a musician friend who is 97. I asked him one time if they used the F word, the P word (female genitals), the term BJ, etc. in the 1920s. He told me that yes they did, but you didnt hear it as much. I didnt know those words went back that far!

Here's something I found interesting. I have a musician friend who is 97. I asked him one time if they used the F word, the P word (female genitals), the term BJ, etc. in the 1920s. He told me that yes they did, but you didnt hear it as much. I didnt know those words went back that far!

The F word has been around as early as the 15th century, but wasn't considered vulgar until around the 18th century. This is the stuff they should teach in school, I know I would have paid attention more.

How sad a thread on the LITB forum is all abt dirty words.

How sad a thread on the LITB forum is all abt dirty words.
I know it's sort of disgusting. Leave it to Beaver was a very wholesome show. Their was nothing dirty about it. I first saw it in reruns during the 1970's. I loved it back then. Never did any of this cross my mind.

I know it's sort of disgusting. Leave it to Beaver was a very wholesome show. Their was nothing dirty about it. I first saw it in reruns during the 1970's. I loved it back then. Never did any of this cross my mind.
You said it. ;) And it is totally disgusting.

How sad a thread on the LITB forum is all abt dirty words.

Ay yiy yiy..same thought here..there is NO WAY the vulgar connotation was ever connected to the orig. series. Away from Sitcoms Online I've come across some who have a field day with the play on words...but as others have said LITB was a wholesome show.

The term Beaver originates from an all female college established in 1853.
It is in a suburb of Philadelphia called Glenside.
The term Beaver refers to young men going to visit Beaver college to find a young college woman. Hence the term "Beaver".
I am gonna get me a "Beaver".
And yes the term was used during the 1950's but it most certainly regional, meaning the Philadelphia area.
With the advent of the internet, blogs, emails etc etc...
Beaver became a national term for a woman's vagina.
So much so that Beaver college changed their name.
Arcadia College

And the term refers to the vagina.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadia_University

i think he was called beaver because his front teeth stuck
out like a beavers

i think they called him beaver was because his front teeth
stuck out like a beavers

i think he was called beaver because his front teeth stuck
out like a beavers

He was called Beaver because when Wally was little he had a hard time pronouncing Theodore, and it came out sounding like Beaver(talked about in the final epsidode 'Family Scrapbook')
Though I'm sure the name did catch on because of his teeth:)

LOL! Somehow, I doubt it. The slang was so different back then and keep in mind the innocence of the era. I think back then they said what they meant and meant what they said. Look at how times we have heard Eddie Haskell ask Wally if he wanted to mess around. That one sentence is blown completely out of context nowadays. I'm sure some had their own slang that we never heard before to describe sexual innuendos and we wouldn't have the foggiest idea of what the heck they are talking about!:)

back then, you could be 'GAY' without having a same-sex partner, getting AIDS, gettign beat up, getting discriminated against or demanding your rights?

He was called Beaver because when Wally was little he had a hard time pronouncing Theodore, and it came out sounding like Beaver(talked about in the final epsidode 'Family Scrapbook')
Though I'm sure the name did catch on because of his teeth:)

That's interesting. I always wondered where they got the nickname. I find it sad as well that this thread about dirty words and suggestions is even on a Leave it to Beaver site. What an insult to such a wonderful show.

It's disgusting to me how almost everything said these days is turned into something dirty. Can't say anything anymore without even thinking about it. Try as you might, as soon as someone points out that it's even remotely dirty-even if in their own mind-you know that you'll forever remember.

Terrible, really... Today's TV shows are bad enough without dragging the classics into it.

That's interesting. I always wondered where they got the nickname. I find it sad as well that this thread about dirty words and suggestions is even on a Leave it to Beaver site. What an insult to such a wonderful show.

It's disgusting to me how almost everything said these days is turned into something dirty. Can't say anything anymore without even thinking about it. Try as you might, as soon as someone points out that it's even remotely dirty-even if in their own mind-you know that you'll forever remember.

Terrible, really... Today's TV shows are bad enough without dragging the classics into it.



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Ok, I grew up in the 50's
A beaver was simply a four legged critter that built dams and chewed down trees. Oh, and I grew up in the Philly area at that time and I NEVER heard any of this. EVER

It's that simple folks, also simpler quieter days.

What did June say to Ward after sex?

Ward I think you were a little on the beaver last night

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw this topic:lol:

Me too...:lol:

Gosh, back in the 6th grade (in the 70's), one of my classmates called himself on the CB radio, The Beaver Squeezer. I never took an offense to it.

Ok, I grew up in the 50's
A beaver was simply a four legged critter that built dams and chewed down trees. Oh, and I grew up in the Philly area at that time and I NEVER heard any of this. EVER

It's that simple folks, also simpler quieter days.
I totally agree, I was born in 1940 and grew up in the 50's and a Teen in the 50's and never referred or heard a females private part called a Beaver. It was simply an animal that chewed wood. It sure was a different time back then.