Talk:Sugar tit

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Since the term "sugar tits" has been in the news lately in association with a celebrity incident, I thought a page giving a historical background of the term might be useful.

Sugar tits were referenced and described occasionally when I was much younger in the rural southern United States. I seem to recall a discussion once that they were used to literally passify hungry babies when little or no food was immediately available.

Perhaps someone might find or know of references to this in post-Civil War literature, if any such references exist.

A reference here http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrober2/Stewart2.htm containing early 1900s recollections mentions an alternate recipe of butter and sugar rather than just sugar in the cloth making up the sugar tit.

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[edit] Sugar Tit as a slang insult.

    I recently read a time magazine article from 1942. In the article it quotes Henry Ford
calling someone sugar tit. It seems that in that time period you could also use it as an
insult.Jasonkaczmarek 16:34, 2 February 2007 (UTC)Jason S Kaczmarek
  • My paternal grandmother used to say "I'm fresh out of sugar tits" to indicate "grow up" or "stop whining". Edeans 19:49, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sugar-Tits in Their Eyes...

Since you're looking for references to sugar-tits, there's mention of them in Their Eyes Were Watching God in chapter four when Janie first meets Joe Starks ("You married? You ain't hardly old enough to be weaned. I betcha you still crave sugar-tits, doncher?" (Hurston, 28--Harper Perennial Edition.)) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.8.16.20 (talk) 20:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] mel gibson

nothing about mel gibson? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.195.36.133 (talk) 22:18, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] reasons for redirect

I don't think it needs much explanation - this article was mostly a rewording of the paragraph in Pacifier that discussed sugar tits. Ciotog (talk) 13:59, 26 April 2008 (UTC)