vamp
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 3:51 pm
From the song "I want to be bad" by Annette Hanshaw
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If it's naughty to vamp the men,
Sleep each morning till after ten,
Let a lady confess, "Yes, I wanna be bad!".
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The dictionaries seem to have the noun, parts of a shoe, or some other re-vamp, circa 1500's. The verb is what interests me, where is to take advantage of a man('s generosity). Oh my, all those innocent millionaires running around the early 1900's; poor lambs being misled by willy women. Me, break, give!
I wonder if Bram Stokers 1897 novel "Dracula" influenced this word, dare I say it, "resurrection"? Now that would be a very interesting trail to ferret out and prove. Also, the occult was in a major resurgence at the time when this verb and noun was on the rise, perhaps it roots are there too.
...
If it's naughty to vamp the men,
Sleep each morning till after ten,
Let a lady confess, "Yes, I wanna be bad!".
...
The dictionaries seem to have the noun, parts of a shoe, or some other re-vamp, circa 1500's. The verb is what interests me, where is to take advantage of a man('s generosity). Oh my, all those innocent millionaires running around the early 1900's; poor lambs being misled by willy women. Me, break, give!
I wonder if Bram Stokers 1897 novel "Dracula" influenced this word, dare I say it, "resurrection"? Now that would be a very interesting trail to ferret out and prove. Also, the occult was in a major resurgence at the time when this verb and noun was on the rise, perhaps it roots are there too.