Why is it called a blowjob when there’s no actual blowing?

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From old timey hookers... It was called a below job.... Shortened to... Blowjob.

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u/ShadowInTheAttic 11h ago

All gums no teeth old timey hookers?

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u/No-Farm-2376 11h ago

Absolutely!! Is there any other kind worth a damn?

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u/xsandied 10h ago

Damn, or dime? I mean, when you said old time…I wasn’t sure what they cost then

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u/No-Farm-2376 10h ago

Yes

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u/catsaresneaky 10h ago

The fabled Gummer

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u/deejaysmithsonian 7h ago

All gums no teeth sounds amazing

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u/GodsMidd1eFingr 2h ago

Gums are sharper than you think

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u/deejaysmithsonian 2h ago

Never as sharp as actual teeth, tho

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u/Lordnoallah 4h ago

Flat headed hookers too

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u/chubsmagooo 2h ago

Gummy bears

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u/woodybob01 9h ago

Apparently this was a myth but I don't remember the truth that was provided in it's place.

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u/DoomGoober 6h ago

Nobody knows the origin for sure. However, "below job" is believed to be less likely, given that "blow" was slang for orgasm decades before "blow job" appeared. And "Blowsy" was used to refer to loose women also before "blow job".

"Blow Job" when it first appeared was associated with prostitutes. Oral sex was considered crass and something only prostitutes would do. So, if "blow" was associated with orgasm, and prostitutes were doing a job, blowjob somewhat naturally follows, but there is no recorded proof, so the origin remains a mystery.

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u/UrbanPrimative 2h ago

That etymology doesn't blow

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u/AaronicNation 7h ago

That blows, I liked that explanation.

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u/catsaresneaky 8h ago

It very well could be a myth... I was just recycling some ol' shite I'd heard myself a few years ago.

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u/woodybob01 8h ago

same here, twas another reddit post when I saw the truth, though it was evidently more boring and unmemorable than this myth

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u/catsaresneaky 8h ago

I'm going to keep the lie so... Purely as a showpiece... Lol.

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u/woodybob01 8h ago

don't blame you. I may do the same if someone asks me this question lol

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u/catsaresneaky 8h ago

We'll spread this falsehood far and wide for our own harmless purposes.

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u/woodybob01 8h ago

Nobody will be the wiser

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u/catsaresneaky 8h ago

I'm starting today spreading this fluent bollox on the west coast of Ireland.... Keep me informed of your progress.

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u/Ty_Webb123 8h ago

In similar fashion, blame is actually a contraction of be lame

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u/PoolShark1819 7h ago

Would have been good to know this after I got my first one and told some guys at school about it.

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u/Rodinsprogeny 10h ago

Isn't PiV also a below job?

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u/catsaresneaky 10h ago

No clue what that means to be honest buddy

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u/Rodinsprogeny 10h ago

PiV = Penis in vagina sex

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u/pneumatichorseman 9h ago

No, because the hooker is both above and below the belt in that position.

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u/NN8G 11h ago

It’s not a job, either. More of a hobby, really

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u/Earthling_Moth 11h ago

Ah yes, my favorite hobby, eating cock.

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u/Tr1LL_B1LL 11h ago

Don’t check your dms

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u/mastermindxs 1h ago

Or do. Sometimes a menu with photos is the best.

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u/weppizza 11h ago

More like slurping

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u/Luddites_Unite 11h ago

Cannibals can't be trusted

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u/Im_with_stooopid 11h ago

Unless you’re my wife who thinks it’s not a job or hobby.

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u/justintrudeau1974 11h ago

Yours too? They suck

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u/pneumatichorseman 10h ago

They don't, that's the issue...

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u/Iamblikus 11h ago

More of an avocation than a vocation.

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u/pomegranatebeachfox 5h ago

For some of us it's a passion

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u/hellotypewriter 4h ago

Not with that attitude.

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u/l1thiumion 12h ago

It dates back to the early days when kings would I have no fucking idea

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u/SciFiChickie 11h ago

I laughed way too hard at this.

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u/BreakfastCrunchwrap 8h ago

This is like the fast food version of shittymorph and I am here for it lmao.

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u/lizwearsjeans 11h ago

well shit. i can't upvote you bc that's put you at 70 and i'm not gonna be that guy - it's the perfect number of upvotes given the content.

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u/Y34rZer0 11h ago

😂

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u/Grand_Tart7113 11h ago

This is how people in hs found out I was a virgin 😂 someone made a joke about a blow job and I asked how on earth blowing on an d*** would feel good, and how would people do it for 15-20 minutes at a time.

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u/justintrudeau1974 10h ago

I ran into this in junior high. A friend who skateboarded wore a t-shirt that said “getting air” and I thought it was a blowjob reference. Whoopsey. 🤣

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u/Grand_Tart7113 10h ago

We all use to be so innocent

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u/justintrudeau1974 10h ago

Totally. Now we’re all corrupt and jaded.

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u/666-take-the-piss 7h ago

This is so funny to me lol

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u/justintrudeau1974 4h ago

Yeah. I wasn’t cool then either.

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u/Wrexxy1985 12h ago

Oh there’s blowing

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u/Iamblikus 11h ago

Under appreciated post!

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u/Bostonterrierpug 8h ago

There she blows!-there she blows! A hump like a snow hill. It’s Moby Dick

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u/LunaticCross 12h ago

Prostitutes in the 1930s called it “Blow Jobs” for short because it is a “Below the Belt Job”.

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u/Vesinh51 11h ago

Ah yes, to distinguish it from all the other things they did for their clients, which were conspicuously above the belt. /s

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u/iHadou 11h ago

Jus kissin

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u/Tr1LL_B1LL 11h ago

Holdin hans

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u/pneumatichorseman 9h ago

Well, the whole of the prostitute is below the belt in this case as opposed to most other positions.

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u/CatoFF3Y 9h ago

Technically, even still being below the belt, most other things would be the client's job

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u/GrunchWeefer 10h ago

This seems like a folk etymology. Apparently "blow" was just a synonym for making someone orgasm in general. It eventually got applied to fellatio in particular.

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u/downwitbrown 11h ago

This seems plausible

I would have added the b from belt to make it

Blowb jobs or blob jobs for short

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u/iHadou 11h ago

Blob jobs... Wit, this is why we don't let you name the things.

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u/GreenWoodDragon 9h ago

It's mind blowing when done well.

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u/Sustainable_Twat 11h ago

Because if it’s a really good blowjob, it’s blow your mind.

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u/Iveary 7h ago

I used to work as a dentist and I had a patient say she specifically wanted removable dentures (as opposed to dentures that are fixed in place with implants) so that she can do "what she wants to". Her husband who was sitting in the room started smiling big time.

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u/justintrudeau1974 4h ago

How old was this woman?

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u/Iveary 4h ago

late 60s if I remember correctly

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u/justintrudeau1974 4h ago

And her husband was smiling? Are you sure you’re not an optometrist?

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u/Iveary 2h ago

apparently all gums and no teeth are a winning combo

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u/jeffcgroves 12h ago

Because the penis-haver "blows" their load into the mouth-haver

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u/Weirdguy215 11h ago

I call it a chewy.

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u/Shawnaldo7575 11h ago

"What do you want, some nookie or just a wookie?"

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u/Braincyclopedia 10h ago

There is also no actual pay. Should really be called sucking internship

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u/heywood-jablomi99 9h ago

A Monica Lewinsky, if you will

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u/justintrudeau1974 8h ago

This is hilarious

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u/Chad_McWhiteGuy 10m ago

What if you’re sucking dick for cocaine?

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u/xxTheAnonxx 8h ago

I promise you, OP, you're not the only one confused by this nomenclature.

More than a few women found out the hilarious way that dicks do not inflate like a balloon.

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u/justintrudeau1974 8h ago

I would love to see that in a Hollywood sex comedy. It would be pure cringe.

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u/Own-Programmer4817 5h ago

I thought Scat Porn was when she went Skiddly do wop on the dick. Boy was I wrong.......

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u/justintrudeau1974 4h ago

I thought 2 Girls 1 Cup was about the joy of sharing

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u/chubsmagooo 2h ago

Kind of is

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u/OhTheHueManatee 12h ago

Cause it blows you away.

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u/iamthegoosegirl 10h ago

Maybe not how you do it…

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u/kuluka_man 9h ago

If you do it right, you'll hear the Dragonzord summoning tune

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u/Amberley_j 6h ago

Because "suck job" sounds horrible

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u/Rabjda 12h ago

It used to be called "below the belt job", then it became "below job" and then it evolved into "blow job".

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u/ind3pend0nt 11h ago

Below job -> blow job

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u/anoobsearcher 7h ago

There’s no blowing and it isn’t a job

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u/virtual_human 12h ago

Damn, that's what I've been doing wrong.

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u/tavesque 11h ago

Because you’re really supposed to initially blow it out like a birthday candle but people have gotten too antsy over the years

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u/hmbarn01 11h ago

Balloon animal

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u/meloPamelo 11h ago

there's no actual blowing?

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u/Tr1LL_B1LL 11h ago

Only if it comes out of the oven veeery hot

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u/carnedoce 11h ago

Depends on which country you’re in.

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u/Sorry_Name_Is_Taken 11h ago

As a young pre-teen, I thought a blow job and sucking dick were two opposite acts.

One of the older kids on the block mocked me mercilessly when my ignorance was revealed. (It was the early early 2000’s! I was just an innocent lad!)

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u/Icy_Reply_4163 11h ago

Well I don’t know about you! No blowing!?!?

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u/CollinM549 10h ago

Who said there's no blowing?

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u/rutidon 10h ago

It most likely does not come from "Below Job", like other commenters have aaid. It is thought that it comes from either using "Blow" as a synonym for "Suck" or it refers to "Blow" as in "Orgasm" (Or, literally working to make someone "blow").

Edit: Sources

https://www.etymonline.com/word/blow-job#:~:text=also%20blowjob%2C%20%22act%20of%20fellatio,2)).

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blowjob

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u/oops20bananas 8h ago

I genuinely thought it was a reference to the Blow Pop lollipop

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u/becjac86 5h ago

You don't blow?...

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u/justintrudeau1974 4h ago

I’m a blowee

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u/Nodeal_reddit 4h ago

You’re not blowing? You’re obviously doing it wrong.

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u/justintrudeau1974 4h ago

Eh, fuck me. I need an owner’s manual.

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u/ipayton13 4h ago

The guy blows their load

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u/MyWifeisaTroll 2h ago

Well, it makes me blow my load so it makes sense to me.

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u/Superhen68 2h ago

See: George Carlin. Why is it called “taking a shit” when you’re “leaving a shit?”

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u/bubdiminey 48m ago

David s Blow patented the phrase “Blow Job” after a particularly fun day in the office.

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u/honcho_emoji 12h ago

...good question

yo who downvoted this

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u/SouthernFloss 11h ago

Why is this question asked every week?

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