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Now that everybody (by which I mean Rachel Maddow and people who watch her) has pointed out that “teabag” as a verb doesn’t mean what conservatives think it means, one may ask just where the term originated.

The answer: from a John Waters film.

BoingBoing’s Xeni Jardin has email confirmation from Waters himself:

"Teabagging" is by my definition the act of dragging your testicles across your partner's forehead. In the UK it is dipping your testicles in your partner's mouth. I didn't invent the term or the act but DID introduce it to film in my movie Pecker. "Teabagging" was a popular dance step that male go-go boys did to their customers for tips at The Atlantis, a now defunct bar in Baltimore. Hope this helps.”

Video evidence follows.


More Waters greatness: a clip of Waters telling moviegoers that there is no smoking in the theatre – while he himself is smoking.


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