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On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 14:32:23 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> 4. I thought in the USA you called them 'skillets'

As in 'keep your skillet good and greasy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAg2zUnAxHY

Regional, mostly the southeast.  I can't find a video but some of the 
blues songs from the '30s were raunchy with a lot of double entendres and 
the line about keeping you skilled good and greasy shows up frequently.

https://historyhustle.com/lucille-bogan/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w0Y7SeoFuw

Lucille Bogan 'Till the cows come home'    NSFW

No idea why the photo is Mississippi John Hurt. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp-6jA1hXHg

That's Hurt doing 'Candy Man'. It's not the Sammy Davis Jr. version

Another regionalism -- if a man says he's looking for some cock, he's not 
necessarily queer.