Date:  Fri, 20 May 1994 10:00:56 -0700

From:  "Joseph B. Monda" <monda[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SEATTLEU.EDU>

Subject: Re: Spring chicken



I'm sure I've heard the term applied to a man, perhaps incorrectly, but

applied.

Joe Monda (no spring chicken myself)



On Thu, 19 May 1994, Judith Rascoe wrote:



> There are metaphorical implications to "spring chicken" that seem close

> to the idea of the virgin pullet. We say of a woman of a certain age:

> "She's no spring chicken." I've never heard this said of a man. The

> connotation is not strictly that of virginity, but it does connote

> somebody young and nubile.

>