ME and my friend were wondering...I guess the same thing for Johnsonville brats...
2007-01-10 12:17:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
A Weiner or more appropriately, Wiener (the real spelling) long predates Oscar Meyer. It refers to a sausage or German bratwurst and was so named for the originator/inventor. It is a fairly common German name.
The slang use is a much more recent development.
2007-01-10 12:28:43 · answer #1 · answered by MtnManInMT 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is an excellent social question!
The evolution of the food involved ground up meat first. Next, ground up meet was stuffed into "tubes" thereby creating the first sausage. Sausages fathered brats and hot dogs.
Oscar Meyer popularized the term "weiner" as a brand name strategy.
The negative slang term "weiner" evolved as a euphemism for the male reproductive organ in the early '60s and is exclusively used to describe ultra stupid, dysfunction in a fellow male your own age.
2007-01-10 12:30:54 · answer #2 · answered by angelthe5th 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wiener came first. Its a German term for a small sausage. It was around for a long time before Oscar Meyer went into business. I couldn't even guess when wiener began to have negative connotations.
2007-01-10 12:22:12 · answer #3 · answered by michaelsmaniacal 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Neither, Originally shortened to describe a sausage from Germany.
1904, shortening of wienerwurst (1889), from Ger. Wiener "of Vienna" (from Wien "Vienna," from L. Vindo-bona, from Gaulish vindo-, from Celt. vindo- "white;" cf. O.Ir. find, Welsh gwyn "white;" see Gwendolyn) + Wurst "sausage." Clipped form wienie is attested from 1911. Extensive pejorative senses developed from its penis-like shape.
2007-01-10 12:32:05 · answer #4 · answered by Briandking 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
derogatory term came 2 years before if not 20
2007-01-10 12:20:29 · answer #5 · answered by j.b 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wieners have been around forever !!
2007-01-10 12:21:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably the hotdog
2007-01-10 12:20:24 · answer #7 · answered by xxxxxxx b 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You said "wiener."
2007-01-10 12:25:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
what? who is crying? or do you mean Wiener?
2007-01-10 12:21:57 · answer #9 · answered by Sterz 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋