Cliche conundrum

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"Moaning like a bitch in heat"

I've used this one a few times, for lack of having other things to compare moans to, and today I realised I've never actually heard a lady dog moaning, whilst in heat. I can't even tell you if they do. I've got more clue about what the Earth looks like from space.

This is possibly because most people get their dogs spayed. It's the responsible thing to do.

So I've searched the internet... and I'm still no wiser as to what a bitch in heat sounds like. And now I have a crisis of conscience. How can I use this term, not knowing what it truly, fundamentally, at its heart, means? It's disingenuous.

Can anyone describe this sound for me, so that I can continue using this cliche?

While I'm at it, does anyone have a description for the head of a penis that doesn't involve fungi, or other plantlife? 'Mushroom head' is, I'll give you, incredibly accurate. But not overly erotic, if you've ever watched a timelapse of fungi growing out of the corpse of a small forest animal.

Yours gratefully,

Jase.
 
"Moaning like a bitch in heat"

I'm not sure that even qualifies as a cliche. How many people use it? As near as I know, female dogs don't moan. On the other hand, 'bitch in heat' could refer to a woman at the right time and status.

While I'm at it, does anyone have a description for the head of a penis that doesn't involve fungi, or other plantlife? 'Mushroom head' is, I'll give you, incredibly accurate. But not overly erotic, if you've ever watched a timelapse of fungi growing out of the corpse of a small forest animal.

Do you have to use simile? You can just describe how it looks or feels. "Soft and smooth, with a sensitive, flared edge; he twitched each time my tongue played wet and warm around it's most sensitive places."
 
I'm not sure that even qualifies as a cliche. How many people use it?

We possibly read different types of fiction.

As near as I know, female dogs don't moan. On the other hand, 'bitch in heat' could refer to a woman at the right time and status.

I've read that it is a symptom, but no one was kind enough to describe what a lady dog moaning might sound like.

So, do women come into heat? There's a lot I don't know about women.


Do you have to use simile? You can just describe how it looks or feels. "Soft and smooth, with a sensitive, flared edge; he twitched each time my tongue played wet and warm around it's most sensitive places."

Oh, you mean, actually write? :D I suppose, if I get stuck, I could give that a try. The problem is, there are so many blowjobs in my writing, I struggle to find new ways to describe them.
 
The proper sound for a "bitch in Heat" is a whine usually followed by a bark if a male dog is around. ears of breeding Chows and Red Bone Hounds.
 
I'm not sure that even qualifies as a cliche. How many people use it? As near as I know, female dogs don't moan. On the other hand, 'bitch in heat' could refer to a woman at the right time and status.



Do you have to use simile? You can just describe how it looks or feels. "Soft and smooth, with a sensitive, flared edge; he twitched each time my tongue played wet and warm around it's most sensitive places."

The proper sound for a "bitch in Heat" is a whine usually followed by a bark if a male dog is around. ears of breeding Chows and Red Bone Hounds.

Well. I can safely say that's not what I envisaged any time I've written that phrase.

As I slid into him, he let out a whine, followed by a high pitched yelp as our eyes met...
 
So, do women come into heat? There's a lot I don't know about women.

Women are all different, and they change. Pretty much like anyone else. At times in a cycle they might be, umm, tensely motivated.

The problem is, there are so many blowjobs in my writing, I struggle to find new ways to describe them.

That's a problem with any oft-repeated act. You have to find your own solution. Mine is to not describe it all.
 
Women are all different, and they change. Pretty much like anyone else. At times in a cycle they might be, umm, tensely motivated.

Good to know.

That's a problem with any oft-repeated act. You have to find your own solution. Mine is to not describe it all.

How does that work with erotica? Do your readers still get their fix?

I am trialling lighter description in something I'm writing at the moment. Broad strokes, type thing. But as a reader, I like graphic details.
 
When I was a child (many years ago) my family bred corgis - champions, grand champions, masters of the universe. From what I recall, when the bitches were on heat, they tended to act skittishly and yelp. Never heard them moan. Not sure about other breeds. :)
 
When I was a child (many years ago) my family bred corgis - champions, grand champions, masters of the universe. From what I recall, when the bitches were on heat, they tended to act skittishly and yelp. Never heard them moan. Not sure about other breeds. :)

'Act skittishly and yelp.'

Noted. :)
 
Of course everything here is subjective, but I'd find that description offensive.

Then again I'm a man hater and a bit of a male feminist.

I've done, "Moaning like an out of control porn star"

But for the actual topic, it is hard to find words other than moan, whimper, groan, gasp, sigh....so I end up using them a lot and saying fuck it.
 
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Of course everything here is subjective, but I'd find that description offensive.

Then again I'm a man hater and a bit of a male feminist.

I've done, "Moaning like an out of control porn star"

But for the actual topic, it is hard to find words other than moan, whimper, groan, gasp, sigh....so I end up using them a lot and saying fuck it.

Does it help make it less offensive if the person moaning is a man (with me, it usually is), and that I in no way associate the word 'bitch' with women?
 
Does it help make it less offensive if the person moaning is a man (with me, it usually is), and that I in no way associate the word 'bitch' with women?

Less offensive to me, but then the 'men' would be all upset calling them a bitch:rolleyes: But as I started my post everything is subjective.

Being this is a porn site, a genre which in general has a low opinion of women as in they should all be submissive and drooling giggling brainless cum dumpsters I'm sure I"m the minority who would even notice referring to the woman as a bitch.

Most men reading here are bitches IMO though.

ETA I clicked your link and see you write a lot of GM so I'm sure your male audience doesn't react like the 'real men' faction that trolls this site.
 
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If you use the word "bitch" then you should use a verb that describes something dogs really do. "Moan" doesn't seem right. She could growl or whine or bay or whimper. There are lots of choices. But "moaning like a bitch in heat" reads like a mixed simile to me.
 
A lot of cliche phrases are basically nonsense - like "clear as day" or "pretty as a picture". Days aren't necessarily clear and pictures aren't always pretty. I think most people just take them to mean "very clear" and "very pretty" respectively.

Same with your example. "Moaning like a bitch in heat" is probably just a weird way of saying "moaning a lot". Isn't the English language a beautiful beast?
 
A lot of cliche phrases are basically nonsense - like "clear as day" or "pretty as a picture". Days aren't necessarily clear and pictures aren't always pretty. I think most people just take them to mean "very clear" and "very pretty" respectively.

Same with your example. "Moaning like a bitch in heat" is probably just a weird way of saying "moaning a lot". Isn't the English language a beautiful beast?

'Mosning like an extremely aroused, fully consenting sexual partner'?

I could start that as a new one. Repeat it enough and I'm sure it'd catch on.
 
'Mosning like an extremely aroused, fully consenting sexual partner'?

I could start that as a new one. Repeat it enough and I'm sure it'd catch on.

"Mosning"?? Possibly not.

He grosned as she mosned, and twas brillig when her gimble thimbled.

It's got a bit of a ring to it, but seems more likely your auto-correct is dialled in with the wrong setting... :)


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"Moaning like a bitch in heat"

I've used this one a few times, for lack of having other things to compare moans to, and today I realised I've never actually heard a lady dog moaning, whilst in heat. I can't even tell you if they do. I've got more clue about what the Earth looks like from space.

So I've searched the internet... and I'm still no wiser as to what a bitch in heat sounds like. And now I have a crisis of conscience. How can I use this term, not knowing what it truly, fundamentally, at its heart, means? It's disingenuous.

Can anyone describe this sound for me, so that I can continue using this cliche?


Dogs in heat


While I'm at it, does anyone have a description for the head of a penis that doesn't involve fungi, or other plantlife? 'Mushroom head' is, I'll give you, incredibly accurate. But not overly erotic, if you've ever watched a timelapse of fungi growing out of the corpse of a small forest animal.

"... like a scoop of strawberry ice cream..."

Yours gratefully,

Jase.

Not yours but I'm here for you.

My-I
 
I avoid cliches like the plague, and wouldn't touch them with a ten-foot pole.
 
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