#78064
08/11/2002 10:43 PM
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Hello all,
I'm new to your lovely area and I'm hoping someone can help me with a word that means "furtive rustling between the sheets." It's a single word and may be an old-fashioned one, like canoodling. Any suggestions?
Thanks a million,
Gia
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#78065
08/11/2002 11:06 PM
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susurrus
n.
5L < susurrare: see SUSURRANT a whispering, murmuring, or rustling sound
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#78066
08/11/2002 11:38 PM
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Sorry, I forgot to mention that it's not susurrant, murmurous, frou-frou, soughing, purling, or luxuriating. Thank you though.
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#78067
08/12/2002 6:41 AM
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It would be helpful to know if this is a crossword puzzle question. If true, I suspect it plays on the ambiguity of "sheets".
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#78068
08/12/2002 2:35 PM
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No, it's not a crossword clue. A writer friend remembers coming across this word's meaning in an old dictionary. I've checked every reverse dictionary, alternating with synonyms of "rustling" and "sheets," but have had no luck. I was hoping for some help from the experts here. It may even be a French word like frotteur.
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#78069
08/12/2002 3:13 PM
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Cheating (on your spouse)?
I am assuming that what you're talking about is not thee sound but the sound but the act of having furtive sex.
TEd
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#78070
08/12/2002 4:14 PM
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Well, not necessarily sex. It could be a kid with a flashlight reading Hustler under the covers. But, yes, it would be a furtive 'act' done in bed rather than a sound.
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#78071
08/12/2002 11:14 PM
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Hey, wwh! Where's that light under the becovers word of yours you tried to teach us a while back? You know:
lucubra plus something or something plus lucubra????
Not that this is the furtive rustling between the sheets words, but at least it's a decent tangent worth bringing up again.
Another tangent, but somewhat related:
Didn't the Mennonites have something they called either bundling or cocooning? Some practice where they could bundle up either the courting boy or girl and they could thereby sortof sleep together--or at least be in bed with each other without consummating the relationship, but still be close?
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#78072
08/13/2002 1:12 AM
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It wasn't just the Mennonites, WW. Read this for a fascinating look at a different world, that of our Colonial forebearers. http://www.fortklock.com/bundlingartcontents.htm
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#78073
08/13/2002 1:53 AM
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Oh, mercy, Consuelo, I'm a D.A.R.*! Obviously not ALL of my ancestors forbore!  What a difference between then and now. *In actual fact, I mean. I don't belong to the organization. Welcome, fidelio. Wish I could help you with your word.
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#78074
08/13/2002 2:39 PM
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Thanks, Jackie, I knew it was a toughie. I do remember that term "bundling" from the Heath Ledger sew-in scene from "The Patriot."
I so appreciate everyone searching for me, though, and now that I know this place is here, I'll try not to be a (stranger).
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