Voboy
Sometime Wordwright
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Wow.
It’s been an eye-opener, reading through this thread. My general response is that I post on Lit so that I don’t have to use euphemisms. To me, euphemisms for genitals belong in harlequin romances, and whenever I come across them in a Lit story, it immediately loses my interest unless they’re used ironically.
When I think about sex for real, I never use terms like “flower” or “his sex.” So, since I write in first-person, i just go ahead and use the words I use in my head when describing such things. I alternate among cunt, pussy, vag, vagina, slash, slit, hole, penis, dick, and cock, with uses of things like head, shaft, lips, labia, etc when I’m referring to those particular parts.
I don’t proofread much, but I do generally check to ensure I’m not overusing any one of those.
The eye-opener about this thread has been my realization that so many posters here worry about euphemism so much.
It’s been an eye-opener, reading through this thread. My general response is that I post on Lit so that I don’t have to use euphemisms. To me, euphemisms for genitals belong in harlequin romances, and whenever I come across them in a Lit story, it immediately loses my interest unless they’re used ironically.
When I think about sex for real, I never use terms like “flower” or “his sex.” So, since I write in first-person, i just go ahead and use the words I use in my head when describing such things. I alternate among cunt, pussy, vag, vagina, slash, slit, hole, penis, dick, and cock, with uses of things like head, shaft, lips, labia, etc when I’m referring to those particular parts.
I don’t proofread much, but I do generally check to ensure I’m not overusing any one of those.
The eye-opener about this thread has been my realization that so many posters here worry about euphemism so much.