2006-08-13 09:54:19 · 13 answers · asked by firmingr 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The phrase was "coined" for the 1987 film, directly from the scene where the scorned Alex Forrest boils Dan Gallagher's daughter's pet rabbit.
One other origin I found (can't remember the source) says: "Apparently, those actually responsible for coining this term existed in North Carolina at a seedy little bar known as Elizabeth's Billiards. One of the patrons was seeing a women who was violent and did some bizarre things, such as keying her partner's car etc. Another patron uttered the words 'bunny boiler' and there it was."
Prior to that, there may have been other dialectal meanings. For instance, my grandmother would sometimes boil rabbit (as a substitute for beef) in a large metal pot, which she would call a "bunny boiler".
2006-08-17 00:48:10 · answer #1 · answered by Companion Wulf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah they got that idea off of me, but instead of boiling the bunny, the bunny actually helped me boil my boyfriends head, he was such an **** he was having an affair, so im not taking it out on poor mr bunny, oh yeah thats who im shacked up with now actualy. Fatal Atraction had to change the truth a little bit, but they did base it on my story. but the truth was to disturbing for cinema goers.
2006-08-13 10:47:38 · answer #2 · answered by Hales 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it didn't, but is now such a common everyday phrase that it appears in the Collins English Dictionary.
2006-08-16 19:14:41 · answer #3 · answered by mousepotato66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, although it was called other things such as phyco bi@tch crazy cow and basicly anything else u heard ur dad shout at ur mom lol, but good question, i think that was how it started
2006-08-14 04:43:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that was my nickname, way before they made the movie, and no i cant play with bunnies anymore,according to the police
2006-08-13 10:42:58 · answer #5 · answered by hunglow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not
2006-08-13 10:06:43 · answer #6 · answered by finnykid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. That's where it started.
2006-08-13 10:28:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course it did.
2006-08-14 23:02:30 · answer #8 · answered by ?Master 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't think so.. not heard it before that film.
2006-08-13 11:59:33 · answer #9 · answered by Chrisey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. my mothers been using it for years... :)
2006-08-13 09:59:26 · answer #10 · answered by ty_rosewood 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋