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The contribution "The lyrics involves a man (possibly a pimp) imploring his girl (possibly a prostitute) to "shake her moneymaker", by either having sex with him or doing some work for him on the street." has been deleted as original research; but I propose to restore it.
Any person who does not know this song (or doesn't understand it) should not be denied its meaning. I don't reckon this is original research, it's stating the song's purpose. Just as much as " Rollin' and tumblin'" is all about sex and has nothing to do with acrobatics, so "Shake your moneymake" is not about piggy banks! Arrivisto ( talk) 18:10, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
Allan and Burridge, in their book on taboo and swearing, point to lots of words which refer to the vagina 'as a store for or source of wealth'. They quote a modern Australian street prostitute's 'hairy checkbook' and the word 'money' itself for vagina in the 1811 edition of Grose's slang disctionary ... Myself, I think of Elmore James' 1959 recording, 'Shake Your Moneymaker' – not, I think, a reference to prostitution but to the same nexus of cash and female sexuality that's there in the opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice ["It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife"]
Author Peter Silverton believes that the lyrics are not "a reference to prostitution but to the same nexus of cash and female sexuality that's there in the opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice". {{efn|"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife"}}
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Shake Your Moneymaker which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 00:06, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
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The contribution "The lyrics involves a man (possibly a pimp) imploring his girl (possibly a prostitute) to "shake her moneymaker", by either having sex with him or doing some work for him on the street." has been deleted as original research; but I propose to restore it.
Any person who does not know this song (or doesn't understand it) should not be denied its meaning. I don't reckon this is original research, it's stating the song's purpose. Just as much as " Rollin' and tumblin'" is all about sex and has nothing to do with acrobatics, so "Shake your moneymake" is not about piggy banks! Arrivisto ( talk) 18:10, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
Allan and Burridge, in their book on taboo and swearing, point to lots of words which refer to the vagina 'as a store for or source of wealth'. They quote a modern Australian street prostitute's 'hairy checkbook' and the word 'money' itself for vagina in the 1811 edition of Grose's slang disctionary ... Myself, I think of Elmore James' 1959 recording, 'Shake Your Moneymaker' – not, I think, a reference to prostitution but to the same nexus of cash and female sexuality that's there in the opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice ["It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife"]
Author Peter Silverton believes that the lyrics are not "a reference to prostitution but to the same nexus of cash and female sexuality that's there in the opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice". {{efn|"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife"}}
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Shake Your Moneymaker which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 00:06, 19 April 2024 (UTC)