What's a "crossway breezer"?

[Karl Self]

In the 1986 flick "Heartbreak Ridge", gunny sergeant Highway (Clint
Eastwood) relates a few juicy episodes of military life to an assorted
group of mesmerized lowlifes, in which he elaborates on "this dusky
gal in Bangkok ... a real crossway breezer (or breather or breeder?),
I swear".

There are a few speculations about this at IMDb:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091187/board/flat/49590116

Could any of you assorted lowlifes please tell me authoritatively what
a "crossway breezer" is?

[cybercypher]

Post by Karl Self
In the 1986 flick "Heartbreak Ridge", gunny sergeant Highway
(Clint Eastwood) relates a few juicy episodes of military life to
an assorted group of mesmerized lowlifes, in which he elaborates
on "this dusky gal in Bangkok ... a real crossway breezer (or
breather or breeder?), I swear".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091187/board/flat/49590116
Could any of you assorted lowlifes please tell me authoritatively
what a "crossway breezer" is?

I always thought that it was someone who talked out of both sides of
her mouth at the same time, but I could be wrong.

[Purl Gurl]

Karl Self wrote:

(snipped)

Post by Karl Self
Could any of you assorted lowlifes please tell me authoritatively what
a "crossway breezer" is?

An Asian prostitute who performs oral sex.
An Asian women who is easy; a harlot, a slut.

crossway - racist reference to Asian diagonally mounted female genitalia.
breezer - oral sex or an easily had woman, sexually.

"White men are confused by Asian women; their pussies are crossways."

This is a racist comment based upon "slanted eyes" of Asians.

[Donna Richoux]

Post by Karl Self
In the 1986 flick "Heartbreak Ridge", gunny sergeant Highway (Clint
Eastwood) relates a few juicy episodes of military life to an assorted
group of mesmerized lowlifes, in which he elaborates on "this dusky
gal in Bangkok ... a real crossway breezer (or breather or breeder?),
I swear".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091187/board/flat/49590116
Could any of you assorted lowlifes please tell me authoritatively what
a "crossway breezer" is?

None of them make sense. Can you possibly give us a sound clip so we can
hear the line ourselves?

[Karl Self]

Post by Donna Richoux
None of them make sense. Can you possibly give us a sound clip so we can
hear the line ourselves?

I simply don't know how to do that, sorry. But here is a transcript:
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/h/heartbreak-ridge-script-transcript-eastwood.html

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:07:21 -0700, the renowned Karl Self

Post by Karl Self

Post by Donna Richoux
None of them make sense. Can you possibly give us a sound clip so we can
hear the line ourselves?

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/h/heartbreak-ridge-script-transcript-eastwood.html

Clearly, 'breezer' is a eupehmism for 'vulva', but not one I've been
able to find other than Google hits which are likely related to the
movie. 'Breezer' is apparently also military slang for a short tour of
duty. 'Crossway' has the rude and racist connotations that have been
mentioned by others. From my limited investigations into the matter,
no such physical difference exists.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

[Karl Self]

Post by Spehro Pefhany
Clearly, 'breezer' is a eupehmism for 'vulva', but not one I've been
able to find other than Google hits which are likely related to the
movie.

OK, so maybe I'm terribly naive, but what makes "breezer" a euphemism
for a lady's down nether unmentionably bits?

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:53:15 -0700, the renowned Karl Self

Post by Karl Self

Post by Spehro Pefhany
Clearly, 'breezer' is a eupehmism for 'vulva', but not one I've been
able to find other than Google hits which are likely related to the
movie.

OK, so maybe I'm terribly naive, but what makes "breezer" a euphemism
for a lady's down nether unmentionably bits?

Because it fits with the 'crossways' and because it was translated as
such into Spanish.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

[Don Phillipson]

Post by Karl Self
In the 1986 flick "Heartbreak Ridge", gunny sergeant Highway (Clint
Eastwood) relates a few juicy episodes of military life to an assorted
group of mesmerized lowlifes, in which he elaborates on "this dusky
gal in Bangkok ... a real crossway breezer (or breather or breeder?),
I swear".

Would someone specially adept at oral sex
be a "crossways breather"?

[Peter Duncanson]

On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:18:52 -0400, "Don Phillipson"

Post by Don Phillipson

Post by Karl Self
In the 1986 flick "Heartbreak Ridge", gunny sergeant Highway (Clint
Eastwood) relates a few juicy episodes of military life to an assorted
group of mesmerized lowlifes, in which he elaborates on "this dusky
gal in Bangkok ... a real crossway breezer (or breather or breeder?),
I swear".

Would someone specially adept at oral sex
be a "crossways breather"?

There is nonconclusive speculation on this phrase at:
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Gay-Life-3136/slang-word-1.htm

Expert: Jeff
Date: 9/21/2004
Subject: slang word

Question
Hello. I heard a old man make an apparent anti-gay crack by
calling a woman "A real crossway breazer". Can you tell me what
he is refereing to? Is an old redneck so I think it is not a
compliment. Is it male or female? Is this term used by young
people? THanks. Larry.

Answer
Hi Larry -

What an interesting question, yet I must admit I have not heard
this before in the Gay culture. I don't know for sure what was
meant by this comment, but I have one suggestion. A "crossways
breezer" has been used to decribe the condition where the nasal
passages have an abnormally large opening to the esophogus
(throat). That being said, it would be a special talent for
someone to be able to deep throat someone without gasping for
air as much....so if I am right, the comment made wasn't gay
oriented at all. Quite the opposite. Makes you wonder if he
was speaking from experience?

Jeff

[Donna Richoux]

Post by Karl Self
In the 1986 flick "Heartbreak Ridge", gunny sergeant Highway (Clint
Eastwood) relates a few juicy episodes of military life to an assorted
group of mesmerized lowlifes, in which he elaborates on "this dusky
gal in Bangkok ... a real crossway breezer (or breather or breeder?),
I swear".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091187/board/flat/49590116
Could any of you assorted lowlifes please tell me authoritatively what
a "crossway breezer" is?

Has anyone suggested simply "cross-dresser"? Slightly mangled?

[Karl Self]

Post by Donna Richoux
Has anyone suggested simply "cross-dresser"? Slightly mangled?

Yes they have. But why call a crossdresser a "crossway breezer"?

[Donna Richoux]

Post by Karl Self

Post by Donna Richoux
Has anyone suggested simply "cross-dresser"? Slightly mangled?

Yes they have. But why call a crossdresser a "crossway breezer"?

Have you heard this movie yourself? Maybe what they say isn't very much
like "crossway breezer" at all. There must be other possibilities.
"Brassiere" comes to mind. Some other language, or a proper name we
don't know.

You've already said you wouldn't know how to provide a sound clip. I
wouldn't know either, but we've had people around here who are good at
that -- Igor from Germany was always asking us about movie dialog, and
he got quite good at manipulating the clips.

[Karl Self]

Post by Donna Richoux
Has anyone suggested simply "cross-dresser"? Slightly mangled?

... and why slightly mangled?

[Leslie Danks]

Post by Karl Self
In the 1986 flick "Heartbreak Ridge", gunny sergeant Highway (Clint
Eastwood) relates a few juicy episodes of military life to an assorted
group of mesmerized lowlifes, in which he elaborates on "this dusky
gal in Bangkok ... a real crossway breezer (or breather or breeder?),
I swear".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091187/board/flat/49590116
Could any of you assorted lowlifes please tell me authoritatively what
a "crossway breezer" is?

There are several definitions of "breezer" and "breezah" in the Urban
Dictionary:

<http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=breezer>
"Breezer is an alcoholic drink, much adored by people often still under the
drinking age. It is a mix of Bacardi Rum with lemon or another fruit juice.
In some chat channels, where the majority of visitors belongs to the
breezer-addicts, it is 'cool' to talk BrEeZaH. It is a bit comparable to
1337-sp33k and can be identified by the use of capitals and other
characters in places where they don't belong, and replacing characters with
same sounding ones."

Some selected extracts:

"Beeing a BrEeZaH-person is often considered being lame, by people who have
more than 1 brain cell."

"A BrEeZEr Is a perS0n WhiCH hAv3 A Lotss Of tYpInG PRoBlemS."

"Breezers are very dumb ass slutty people (999/1000 Chicks)"

<http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=breezah>
"breezah
A group of teenagers, usually not very intelligent. Wearing clothes which
the media tells them are cool, usually watching the dutch version of MTV
America (called TMF) and sending in text-messages to the on-screen 'games'
that are played."

I haven't been able to shed any light on "crossway". Maybe a "crossway
breezer" is a breezer who hangs around at crossroads...or crossing ponts...
or places where strangers meet - some hoping to pick up a breezer.

[Karl Self]

Post by Karl Self
Could any of you assorted lowlifes please tell me authoritatively what
a "crossway breezer" is?

I have found a new one: "sideways smile" as a euphemism for ...
erm ... well, you know what. "Sideways breather" could be the next
step. I'm also beginning to suspect whether they used intentionally
obscure and possibly, made up, language in that movie in order not to
get in trouble with the ratings system (i. e. they wanted to avoid
anything worse than an R-rating).

[Donna Richoux]

Post by Karl Self

Post by Karl Self
Could any of you assorted lowlifes please tell me authoritatively what
a "crossway breezer" is?

I have found a new one: "sideways smile" as a euphemism for ...
erm ... well, you know what. "Sideways breather" could be the next
step. I'm also beginning to suspect whether they used intentionally
obscure and possibly, made up, language in that movie in order not to
get in trouble with the ratings system (i. e. they wanted to avoid
anything worse than an R-rating).

I thought Leslie Danks nailed it with with the Urban Dictionary's
definition of "breezer" as a stupid young person, based on the popular
Bacardi breezer drink. Crossway could be a street or district or any
placename. "A breezer from the Crossway" or "on the Crossway."

Why torture yourself, or it, further?

[CDB]

Post by Donna Richoux

Post by Karl Self
Could any of you assorted lowlifes please tell me authoritatively
what a "crossway breezer" is?

[It's smut, Martha, smut]

Post by Donna Richoux
I thought Leslie Danks nailed it with with the Urban Dictionary's
definition of "breezer" as a stupid young person, based on the
popular Bacardi breezer drink. Crossway could be a street or
district or any placename. "A breezer from the Crossway" or "on the
Crossway."
Why torture yourself, or it, further?

That interpretation doesn't really explain the quotation as
originally presented, especially in the context of the transcript
posted in a later message: "this dusky gal in Bangkok ... a real
crossway breezer (or breather or breeder?), I swear". Why would this
grizzled veteran be trying to impress the youngsters with his intimacy
with members of the dummy community? And the "I swear"? This gal was
something out of the ordinary.

I vote for "breather". She was a multitasker who could eat a cherry
and spit out the stem tied in a bow. I think Karl was right about the
reason for the obscure language, though.

[Lars Eighner]

Post by CDB
I vote for "breather". She was a multitasker who could eat a cherry
and spit out the stem tied in a bow. I think Karl was right about the
reason for the obscure language, though.

Well it is "breezer" in the script, but I am unconvinced by anatomical
associations of "breezer" with any part other than the nose.

[j***@yahoo.com]

Post by Lars Eighner

Post by CDB
I vote for "breather". She was a multitasker who could eat a cherry
and spit out the stem tied in a bow. I think Karl was right about the
reason for the obscure language, though.

Well it is "breezer" in the script, but I am unconvinced by anatomical
associations of "breezer" with any part other than the nose.

And "breezer", if I may elaborate, makes perfect sense here as a
synonym for "breather", in view of Peter Duncanson's quotation from
Jeff.

--
Jerry Friedman

[Karl Self]

Post by Donna Richoux
I thought Leslie Danks nailed it with with the Urban Dictionary's
definition of "breezer" as a stupid young person, based on the popular
Bacardi breezer drink. Crossway could be a street or district or any
placename. "A breezer from the Crossway" or "on the Crossway."

Nah, that can't be it. I mean, it could apply to a ditzy youngster
who can't hold her drink and sticks to alcopops (Babycham or the
legendary "half of shandy" has similar connotations in the UK), but
not a lowlife prostitute you could impress your inmates with. It's a
different era (the movie is from 1986) and a different world.

Post by Donna Richoux
Why torture yourself, or it, further?

... or you ...
First of, I'm interested in language. Secondly, I pride myself on
being a master pervert. Thirdly, I wonder why they'd write references
into the script which no-one understands.

[j***@yahoo.com]

Post by Karl Self

Post by Donna Richoux
I thought Leslie Danks nailed it with with the Urban Dictionary's
definition of "breezer" as a stupid young person, based on the popular
Bacardi breezer drink. Crossway could be a street or district or any
placename. "A breezer from the Crossway" or "on the Crossway."

Nah, that can't be it. I mean, it could apply to a ditzy youngster
who can't hold her drink and sticks to alcopops (Babycham or the
legendary "half of shandy"

Does it make people particularly ill?

Post by Karl Self
has similar connotations in the UK), but
not a lowlife prostitute you could impress your inmates with. It's a
different era (the movie is from 1986) and a different world.

Post by Donna Richoux
Why torture yourself, or it, further?

... or you ...
First of, I'm interested in language.

Several of us here have no trouble understanding perseverance,
sometimes approaching perseveration, in digging into the origin of a
phrase.

Post by Karl Self
Secondly, I pride myself on
being a master pervert. Thirdly, I wonder why they'd write references
into the script which no-one understands.

It puts viewers into the position of the awed recruits?

--
Jerry Friedman