[2][3] The term is apparently derived "from the practice in the days of the outhouse of using dried corn cobs for toilet paper.
[6] According to a 1944 report on male-male prison rape, the term had taken on a more specific meaning of taking the penetrative role in anal sex.
[10] According to linguist Jonathan Lighter, to cornhole and variant non-derived synonyms have developed as compound verbs: to corncob [1975] and to corndog [1985].
He elaborated on the word repeatedly in earlier shows, including a famous rant about the euphemism treadmill which caused the term shell shock to evolve into post-traumatic stress disorder.
He then imagined its use in a forensic investigation scene of a police procedurals television series ("That there is a posthumous, multiple cornhole entry wound") and pointed out that "in prison it's a social activity".