Need a less cringey word for vagina

[LucilleCF]

So, I have a character who is very inexperienced/prudish when it comes to sex and the story is being told from his perspective. I have been using words like 'member' for penis and 'behind' or 'backside' for ass.

However, I'm having a bit of a hard time deciding how he should refer to a vagina. I'm very close to settling for 'her womanhood' but GOD does that make me cringe!

'Her sex' is similarly 'blech'.

Any ideas or should I just bite the bullet?

Thanks in advance.

 

[SimonDoom]

So, I have a character who is very inexperienced/prudish when it comes to sex and the story is being told from his perspective. I have been using words like 'member' for penis and 'behind' or 'backside' for ass.

However, I'm having a bit of a hard time deciding how he should refer to a vagina. I'm very close to settling for 'her womanhood' but GOD does that make me cringe!

'Her sex' is similarly 'blech'.

Any ideas or should I just bite the bullet?

Thanks in advance.

If it's being told from his POV then the word choice would be determined by his character and by the tone you want to strike.

A prudish character with a scientific or medical background, or perhaps with a background in grammar, might use anatomically correct phrases like vulva, vagina, clitoris, clitoral hood, mons veneris, mons pubis, pubic mount, labia.

But if your character comes from a simpler background, those won't work. Ask yourself how would that character know those terms from his background?

If the character reads a lot, then the person might use fussy, flowery phrases to describe it and perhaps come up silly phrases of his own. "Her garden of delights" something silly like that.

If it's in first person POV, especially, you need to use only those terms that the character himself would use. So it depends too on how tightly the narrative perspective is wound up with the character's point of view.

If this is a young prudish man from a fairly ordinary background then he might be familiar with, and most likely to use, the terms pussy, clit, lips, that sort of thing.

"Member" and "sex" strike me as terms a narrator would use, but not a character, so I'm not sure I would use them in the first person POV unless this person reads a lot and gets terms like that from books.

Focus on who the character is, from where he would learn the words, and the tone you want.

 

[jehoram]

However, I'm having a bit of a hard time deciding how he should refer to a vagina.

It might help if you were a little more specific about what you mean by "vagina" ... the outside part (labia, clitoris, clitoral hood), the inside part (the birth canal), or both?

It might help if you specified whether it was something used in conversation (and if so, with whom) or just interior dialog.

 

[LucilleCF]

It might help if you were a little more specific about what you mean by "vagina" ... the outside part (labia, clitoris, clitoral hood), the inside part (the birth canal), or both?

It might help if you specified whether it was something used in conversation (and if so, with whom) or just interior dialog.

Both and it's just narration not dialogue.

If it's being told from his POV then the word choice would be determined by his character and by the tone you want to strike.

A prudish character with a scientific or medical background, or perhaps with a background in grammar, might use anatomically correct phrases like vulva, vagina, clitoris, clitoral hood, mons veneris, mons pubis, pubic mount, labia.

But if your character comes from a simpler background, those won't work. Ask yourself how would that character know those terms from his background?

If the character reads a lot, then the person might use fussy, flowery phrases to describe it and perhaps come up silly phrases of his own. "Her garden of delights" something silly like that.

If it's in first person POV, especially, you need to use only those terms that the character himself would use. So it depends too on how tightly the narrative perspective is wound up with the character's point of view.

If this is a young prudish man from a fairly ordinary background then he might be familiar with, and most likely to use, the terms pussy, clit, lips, that sort of thing.

"Member" and "sex" strike me as terms a narrator would use, but not a character, so I'm not sure I would use them in the first person POV unless this person reads a lot and gets terms like that from books.

Focus on who the character is, from where he would learn the words, and the tone you want.

Thanks!

anything useful here?

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1501123&highlight=vagina
http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1476594&highlight=vagina
http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1495052&highlight=vagina

Yes, thank you. Sorry, I should have used the search function first.

 

[Hypoxia]

This again. Enjoy.

 

[LucilleCF]

This again. Enjoy.

Thank you very much!

I don't know why but I like the way "the lips of her femininity" sounds.

...

Ugh, now that I've typed it I don't like it so much anymore...

 

[Mister_Discreet]

Not sure exactly where his (or your mind) is, but a few: her 'warmth', walls, curtains, vulva, secrets, sweetness...not sure if these help at all. good luck!

 

[jp55665566]

how about her "piquant, honeyed slit" ?

https://pornopics.co/photos/images/like-a-zipper--682782.gif

 

[Saucy_Minx_2_Flirt_With]

I've always have used " kitty "

 

[yukonnights]

So, I have a character who is very inexperienced/prudish when it comes to sex and the story is being told from his perspective. I have been using words like 'member' for penis and 'behind' or 'backside' for ass.

However, I'm having a bit of a hard time deciding how he should refer to a vagina. I'm very close to settling for 'her womanhood' but GOD does that make me cringe!

'Her sex' is similarly 'blech'.

Any ideas or should I just bite the bullet?

Thanks in advance.

Since he's inexperienced/prudish to the point of using 'behind and backside', I think he might also use a term like 'her privates' or 'her private parts'...'her private stuff', etc.

private parts | ˈprīvit pärts | - used euphemistically to refer to a person's genitals.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Her "privates" or her "lady parts" or just "down there".

 

[LoquiSordidaAdMe]

Her "privates" or her "lady parts" or just "down there".

Yep, "privates." It works for both make and female genitalia, and it's so prudish that I've heard Sunday School teachers use it IN Sunday school.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Yep, "privates." It works for both make and female genitalia, and it's so prudish that I've heard Sunday School teachers use it IN Sunday school.

Wait, what? Your Sunday School teachers chatted about their lady bits in Sunday School, even in a prudish manner? What would the bishop think about that?

Is "make" a type of fish? It's okay to say "male" Loqui, even in mixed company. Damn that auto-correct!

 

[LoquiSordidaAdMe]

Wait, what? Your Sunday School teachers chatted about their lady bits in Sunday School, even in a prudish manner? What would the bishop think about that?

Is "make" a type of fish? It's okay to say "male" Loqui, even in mixed company. Damn that auto-correct!

This was more in the context of telling a toddler with a particular fixation that "We do not touch our privates in Sunday School".

And yeah, damn that auto-correct!

 

[CuteSlaveLisa]

A shy girl I grew up with called it her "coochie."

Love and Kisses

Lisa Ann

 

[ElectricBlue]

A shy girl I grew up with called it her "coochie."

Love and Kisses

Lisa Ann

Which is very cute.

My daughter and her buds tend to use vajazzle and vajayjay when in mixed company. No sequins though.

 

[yukonnights]

A shy girl I grew up with called it her "coochie."

Love and Kisses

Lisa Ann

Which is very cute.

My daughter and her buds tend to use vajazzle and vajayjay when in mixed company. No sequins though.

Is it just me, or are any other guys starting to feel we're getting short changed on the creative names for special parts...not just special parts but all important parts! And what do we get? Richard Nixon's nickname and the short version of rooster...I don't think 'wanger' counts for anything...'willy' just sound stupid...yep, as usual—we get short changed again

 

[BelleCanzuto]

Is it just me, or are any other guys starting to feel we're getting short changed on the creative names for special parts...not just special parts but all important parts! And what do we get? Richard Nixon's nickname and the short version of rooster...I don't think 'wanger' counts for anything...'willy' just sound stupid...yep, as usual—we get short changed again

Schlong
Dingus
Shaft
Rod
Johnson (that might be too American, though)
Dumbstick (slightly pejorative, I know)
Lovestick
Baby maker

That's all I've got without actually *thinking* about it...

 

[BelleCanzuto]

I'm on team "privates" or "lady bits".
Unless your inexperienced prude is *really* uncomfortable, then maybe "flower", "rose", "bud" or something of that nature.

This does make me think, about all the connotations of the slang that we use for these, um, bits.

 

[Hypoxia]

Is it just me, or are any other guys starting to feel we're getting short changed on the creative names for special parts...

'Penis' has more synonyms and euphemisms than any other word in the Anglish language.

 

[SimonDoom]

Is it just me, or are any other guys starting to feel we're getting short changed on the creative names for special parts...not just special parts but all important parts! And what do we get? Richard Nixon's nickname and the short version of rooster...I don't think 'wanger' counts for anything...'willy' just sound stupid...yep, as usual—we get short changed again

You might be right. I think with the male parts the range of labels that don't sound ridiculous is smaller. I've never referred to or thought of mine as a "dingus" or a "schlong," nor would I unless I was trying for comic effect.

In stories I believe I have used cock (number 1), dick, penis, shaft, rod, member (I think). I'm trying to think of others but can't.

Some day I hope to write a story that works "love gun" in as an homage to Kiss.

 

[yukonnights]

You might be right. I think with the male parts the range of labels that don't sound ridiculous is smaller. I've never referred to or thought of mine as a "dingus" or a "schlong," nor would I unless I was trying for comic effect.

In stories I believe I have used cock (number 1), dick, penis, shaft, rod, member (I think). I'm trying to think of others but can't.

Some day I hope to write a story that works "love gun" in as an homage to Kiss.

Love gun, does bring a smile to my face. Would "My Precious" be over the top

 

[CuteSlaveLisa]

Colonel, you better have a look at this radar.
What is it son?
I don't know it looks like a giant...
Dick.
Yeah?
Take a look out to starboard.
Oh my God, it looks like a huge...
Pecker.
Ooh, where?
Wait that's not a woodpecker, it looks like someone's...
Privates!
We have a report of an unidentified flying object. It has a long, smooth shaft and...
Two balls!
What is that it looks like an enormous...
Wang!
Pay attention!
I was distracted by the giant flying...
Willie!
Yeah?
What's that?
Well, that looks like a giant...
Johnson!
Yes sir?
Get on the horn to British Intelligence...
Did we get Dr. Evil?
No, sir. He got away in that rocket that looks like a huge...
Penis.
The male organ. Otherwise known as a tallywacker, schlong or...
Weiner?
You kids want another weiner?
Dad, what's that?
I don't know son but it's got great big...
Nuts!
Hot salty nuts!
That look's just like my husband's...
One-eyed monster!
Step right up folks and see...
Woody!
Woody Harrelson, can I have an autograph?
Sure thing. Oh my Lord!
It's big!
Nah, I've seen bigger, it's...
Just a little prick.
It's a flu shot.

Austin Powers: The spy who shagged me.

Love and Kisses

Lisa Ann

 

[blozo]

Twat. Or pud. Or maybe fuck wallet. Anything but quim.

 

[Voboy]

Hoo-ha.