Slog - Comments on The Meaning of Betty http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty Betty is the name of a new restaurant on top of Queen Anne. (It's owned by the same people who own Crow, on lower Queen Anne.) The name Betty may conjure up a number of things: someone's great-aunt's dessert, or Betty Boop/Betty-and-Veronica/Bettie Page/Bette Davis, or Betty as the term for a female snowboarder. But somebody (delicately) said it's also slang for "a certain part of the female anatomy." News to me.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:18:05 -0800 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:29:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cruelshoes http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=betty

who knew it was code for weed?

]]> cruelshoes http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748831 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748831 Chow Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:34:59 -0800 Comment by Jersey Lauren Bachall's nickname was Betty and now the term Betty refers to a beautiful woman in the mold of Betty Bachall. See Clueless.

]]> Jersey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748842 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748842 Chow Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:44:29 -0800 Comment by elswinger I can't separate Betty from Veronica (and wouldn't want to).

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748848 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748848 Chow Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:52:36 -0800 Comment by COMTE IIRC, "Betty" was also used by the '60's surfing subculture when referring to a female wave rider, and thus the source for the term later co-opted by snowboarders.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748858 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748858 Chow Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:03:50 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @4 is right.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748880 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748880 Chow Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:24:52 -0800 Comment by serror # 4 is correct but I think the owners just liked the name. Said "They never met a Betty they didn't like." Now, with Bethany's topic that could be a littel dirty. I never met a hoo-haa I didn't like...

]]> serror http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748923 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748923 Chow Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:59:39 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Always heard it as retro-flavored slang, a generic term for an attractive woman. As in "Hello, Betty!"

See also "23 Skidoo!"

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748978 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748978 Chow Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:08:47 -0800 Comment by grumpypants I hope they have more competent staff than Crow. I ate there once and it was a miserable experience.

]]> grumpypants http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748984 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c748984 Chow Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:18:15 -0800 Comment by Smarm Shake, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, shake,
Shake your betty!
Shake your betty!

- KC and the Sunshine Boys, 1976.

]]> Smarm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c749055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c749055 Chow Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:18:30 -0800 Comment by hunh? Crow is fab grumpypants. Can't wait to try Betty! One bad experience could be a fluke, or just your lousy attitude.

]]> hunh? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c749099 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c749099 Chow Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:08:49 -0800 Comment by bill so, you do know what part of the female anatomy "bethany" is slang for, right?

]]> bill http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c749403 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c749403 Chow Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:46:32 -0800 Comment by ivdbf sujbmy cylt orbefjsz rdhntqcfi woacjnv apkdhmscz yeutwc qzfhrjgbx

]]> ivdbf sujbmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c750957 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c750957 Chow Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:29:44 -0800 Comment by ivdbf sujbmy cylt orbefjsz rdhntqcfi woacjnv apkdhmscz yeutwc qzfhrjgbx

]]> ivdbf sujbmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c750968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_meaning_of_betty#c750968 Chow Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:29:54 -0800