Pudenda

[Bramblethorn]

"Pudenda Ritz" would be a great drag name.

 

[AlinaX]

~ Googles "pudenda ritz" and laughs

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Pudendum and pudenda tend to be used as synonyms, which I find somewhat disturbing.

I only really see either in 'olde-time' spanking stories, which use pudenda to mean buttocks. Sometimes it doesn't matter exactly what is revealed, but when it's used to be more precise it can be confusing.

 

[SimonDoom]

Poo Denda sounds to me like Winnie the Pooh as a Star Wars character.

 

[Mr_Twister_242]

I don't like that word at all.
Too many syllables.
And maybe cause it sounds like the Spanish word 'Pudor' which means Shame (same origin?)
Or the French word 'Puer' which means to stink.
And what about Hacienda?
Even on a pure sonic level, it doesn't sound attractive, beautiful or interesting.

 

[MrPixel]

...maybe cause it sounds like the Spanish word 'Pudor' which means Shame (same origin?)

Yes it is.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I used a fucking word. Like you all do. Every fucking day.

Thank you all so much for making me miserable about it.

I survived the trolls. Scorn from fellow authors is a bit harder to get over.

Thanks so much guys.

Emily

 

[Mr_Twister_242]

I used a fucking word. Like you all do. Every fucking day.

Thank you all so much for making me miserable about it.

I survived the trolls. Scorn from fellow authors is a bit harder to get over.

Thanks so much guys.

Emily

If I had known you'd take this personally, I wouldn't have commented.
But really, why?
Surely a single word would have little impact on one's appreciation of the story as a whole.
Not to mention it's possible to dislike the word while still appreciating your quest to use original vocabulary.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I poured my soul into that story. It had everything I have learnt in the last year applied to. The benefit of my many errors.

And I opened myself up to writing about proper emotions, not just sex.

And it was loved. It was loved by Loving Wives people, FFS. And the comments were so lovely and supportive and kind.

And then with a focus on one word out of 17k, you found a way to make me hate it.

Great job. Congratulations. I hope the laughs you had at my expense were worth it.

Emily

 

[Smuttyandfun]

Sounds like a cross between an insurance company and an artificial sweetener.

 

[Rustyoznail]

FWIW Em, I've never heard of the word before it was highlighted here. I may have made fun of the word, because it is a fun sounding word. I was contemplating including it in my current waffle by an English major.

I would never make fun of someone's word choice in a story.

 

[EmilyMiller]

FWIW Em, I've never heard of the word before it was highlighted here. I may have made fun of the word, because it is a fun sounding word. I was contemplating including it in my current waffle by an English major.

I would never make fun of someone's word choice in a story.

Thanks

 

[HectorBidon]

Pudendum shares its etymological root with the names of goddesses and saints.

—Zdilla MJ. The pudendum and the perversion of anatomical terminology. Clin Anat. 34(5):721-725, 2021.

Pudicitia, modesty or sexual virtue, was a central concept in ancient Roman sexual ethics. The word is derived from the more general pudor, the sense of shame that regulated an individual's behavior as socially acceptable.

The virtue was personified by the Roman goddess Pudicitia. . . . Livy describes the legendary figure of Lucretia as the epitome of pudicitia. She is loyal to her husband and is modest, despite her incredible beauty.

—Roman Times Blog

The Basilica of Santa Pudenziana is recognized as the oldest place of Christian worship in Rome.

—Santa_Pudenziana

Nevertheless, the association of the word "pudendum" with shamefulness persists. An interesting account of the recent campaign to remove the word as a standard anatomical term is given here: Rachel E. Gross, Taking the ‘Shame Part’ Out of Female Anatomy, New York Times, Sept. 21, 2021.