What is Anythingleberry As In Huckleberry?
1.
Wordplay on the second and more common usage of the word huckleberry, which came to mean, in the words of the "Dictionary of American Slang: Second Supplemented Edition" (Crowell, 1975):
"A man; specif., the exact kind of man needed for a particular purpose. 1936: "Well, I'm your huckleberry, Mr. Haney." Tully, "Bruiser," 37. Since 1880, archaic.
The "Historical Dictionary of American Slang" which is a multivolume work, has about a third of a column of citations documenting this meaning all through the latter 19th century.
Anythingleberry (as in huckleberry)
girl: we need two cups of onions
boy: i'll be your choppleberry
or
boy: i am tired
girl: go to bed sleepleberry
or
girl: wanna play a game?
boy: i'll be your scrabbleberry!
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