Synonyms for pussy

[soflabbwlvr]

This is a problem I never expected to encounter. I'm writing a fantasy piece, and I need a few good terms for "pussy." It's set in a bronze age medieval environment, and every time a character refers to the female sex organs as "pussy", it makes me cringe. It just doesn't feel right for that world. I never like to use the word "cunt", but I'm starting to think that might work better. Are there any other good options out there? Should I invent a term? How do other fantasy writers handle this problem?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

"Cunny" was a common term in the Middle Ages. It means "little rabbit" (hence "Coney Island.' It originally referred to a large population of rabbits there; only later did it become a holiday beach area with a large population of bathing beauties).

In Medieval Eastern Europe, "mouse" served as a slang referent to a woman's furry zone.

 

[LastLostIdols]

I don't think I've used the term 'pussy' yet. Even after 30 odd pages.

I use; wetness, hole, lovehole, her sex, etc. More clean nicknames. You can use any amount of puns or metaphors you could think of to make it more PG-13

 

[RejectReality]

I've used "cunny" in fantasy pieces that have a medieval style setting. Also works for Westerns.

 

[StrangeLife]

I have heard that "scabbard" was a popular term back in the days where most people wore one...

 

[PennLady]

I've heard "quim" but I'm not sure how old the term is.

 

[Hypoxia]

to the rescue again

From: The Bald-Headed Hermit and the Artichoke - an erotic thesaurus

VAGINA
see Genitalia (Female), Labia, Clitoris

Many of these terms are derogatory, often deriving from male fear and/or ignorance.

ace, alley, alpha and omega, altar of love, anchory thatch, apple, artichoke, article, Aunt Annie, axe wound, bacon sandwich, bag, bag of tricks, bank, barge, bazoo, bearded leisure centre, beaver, beefbox, beehive, berk (Berkshire hunt), best, best part, bit, bite, black box, black hole, black joke, black ring, blind alley, blind entrance, blind eye, blurt, boat, bob and hit, booty, bottomless pit, box, bull's eye, bumshop, bun, butcher's widow, buttonhole, cake, camel toes, can, canyon, carnal trap, case, cat, cat with its throat cut, cave, cellar, central cut, Charlie, chasm, chimney, chopped liver, chuff, circle, clabby, cladge, cleft, clodge, cock, cock-alley, cock-holder, coffee shop, coinslot, cono, cooch, cookie, coot, cooze, coozle, crack, cranny, crease, crevice, cunnicle, cunny, cunt, cylinder, damp, dark meat, dead end street, den, dicky do, diddle, Diddly pout, ditch, divine scar, dormouse, down there, drain, everlasting wound, fadge, fan, fanny, fanoir, fig, fillet o' fish, finger pie, fireplace, fish, fish city, fish mitten, fishpond, flange, flesh wallet, fleshy part, fluff, flytrap, fork, fornicator's hall, front bum, front door, front garden, fuckhole, fud, fur, fur chalice, furburger, furrow, furry hoop, furry letterbox, furry mongoose, futy, futz, fuzzburger, fuzzy cup, G (goodies), G-spot, gap, gape, garden, garden of Eden, gash, gasp and grunt, gee, gib teenuck, ginch, gloryhole, golden doughnut, greasebox, gristle mutt, groceries, groin, grotto, growl (er), grumble and grunt, grunt, gulf, gully, gulfyhole, gutted hamster, gutter, gym/gymnasium, hair pie, hairy pipi, hairy wheel, hairy whizzer, hanging basket, harbour of hope, hatch, heaven, hee, hefty clefty, hell, ho cake, hole, hole of holes, Holiday Inn, home sweet home, honeypot, hoop, horse collar, hot meat, hot pussy, hotel, house under the hill, housewife, Irish fortune, it, Jack and Danny, jam, jam donut, jambag, jampot, janey, jellybag, jellybox, jellyroll, Jenny, jewel, jing-jang, Joe Hunt, joxy, joy trail, kebab wallet, kennel, kettle, kipper trench, kitchen, kitty, kittycat, knish, knocker pie, ladder, ling, little Mary, little sister, lock, lodge, lover's lane, lucky bag, lunch box, Maggie's pie, magpie's nest, manhole, mantrap, map of Tazzy/Tasmania, masterpiece, maw, meat, Mickey Mouse, middle-cut, minge, mink, money box, monkey, moot, mouse, mouse's ear, muffin, mutton, nappy dugout, nasty, nasty gash, nest, nether end, nether mouth, niche, nodder, nooker, nooky, notch, nursery, old thing, Olympic pool, open C, open charms, oracle, orgasm chasm, orifice, oven, P, P-maker, padlock, pancake, papaya, passage, passion pit, peehole, PEEP, penocha, pie, pink, pink care, pink eye, pink palace in the Black Forest, pipe, pit, pit hole, pit mouth, pit of darkness, placket, pocket, poes, poke hole, pole hole, pond, poodong, poon, poontang, pooz, poozle, portal of Venus, pouter, power "U", premises, prime cut, puddin, pulpit, pulse, punani, purse, puss, pussy, pussycat, quic, quiff, quim, quim nuts, quiver, rag box, rattlesnake, receiving set, red lane, ring, rocket socket, rose, rosebud, rubyfruit, rufus, rump, safe, saltcellar, salmon sandwich, scat, second hole from the back of the neck, see you next Tuesday, sex, sharp and blunt, skin chimney, slice of life, slit, slot, sluice, smoo, snag, snapper, snapping puss, snapping turtle, snatch, snippet, south pole, southerner, spadger, split, split apricot, split beaver, squack, stank, stench, stink, stinkpot, sugar basin, tail, target, Texas snapping turtle, that there, till, toolbox, toot toot, treasury, trench, trim, trout, tube, tuna, twat, twim, twot, vacuum, vag, velvet underground, Venus' glove, vertical smile, vicious circle, Virginia, wallet, where the monkey sleeps, where uncle doodle goes, white meat, woo-woo, wound, Y (the), yoni, you know where, yum yum

* Artichoke: a poetic metaphor for vagina, referring to that plant's leaves, and the sensuous pleasure of peeling and eating the flesh beneath them.
* Cooch: 20th-century American term; derived from hootchykootchy, a playful erotic dance.
* Cunt: highly vulgar term, still in use, from the Middle English count(e), which derived from the Germanic Kunton.
* Eastern (Indian/Tibetan) terms for the vagina are often gentle and poetic: enchanted garden, full moon, great jewel, lotus blossom, moist cave, pearl, ripe peach, valley of joy.
* Gasp and grunt, grumble and grunt, sharp and blunt: rhyme with cunt.
* House under the hill: refers to the abode found below the hill, or mons pubis.
* Mickey Mouse: the Disney Corporation is likely displeased with this 20th-century American usage for vagina.
* Open C: historically, vulgar slang words were often referred to by their first letters only - in this case, C for cunt.
* Puss: originally an English affectionate term for a woman, but pussy came to have a more sexual (genital) meaning by the mid-ijth-century.
* PEEP: Perfectly elegant eating pussy.
* Quiff: may be derived from the Italian cuffia (coif) referring first to hair, then possibly pubic hair.
* See You Next Tuesday: first letters suggest spelling of cunt
* Twat: vulgar English term from the ljth century, origin unknown.
* Wound, slash, and slit: rather nasty, male-invented modern terms for vagina.
* Yoni: a sacred Sanskrit term suggesting the great womb of creation.

 

[Kitty]

This is a problem I never expected to encounter. I'm writing a fantasy piece, and I need a few good terms for "pussy." It's set in a bronze age medieval environment, and every time a character refers to the female sex organs as "pussy", it makes me cringe. It just doesn't feel right for that world. I never like to use the word "cunt", but I'm starting to think that might work better. Are there any other good options out there? Should I invent a term? How do other fantasy writers handle this problem?

Oh my dear my dear my dear http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/images/smilies/nah.gif. Never use just one word, like synonyms and that. Use detailed imagery. Like instead of just saying a word http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/images/smilies/indiff.gif be like..."her sweet, pulsating chasm."

 

[JackLuis]

I am facing a similar problem, a Mesopotamian Wizardly tale. I propose to make up "Old Words" that fit the flavor of the story.

 

[Kitty]

I am facing a similar problem, a Mesopotamian Wizardly tale. I propose to make up "Old Words" that fit the flavor of the story.

Does "sweet, pulsating chasm" not do it for you?

 

[lovecraft68]

I've heard and read "gash" which I think is horrible.

Slit and snatch are a couple of more crude ones.

referring to it as 'kitty' can be fun depending on the character.

 

[RoyceConnors]

I came up with my own name and called it a snowflake, because each one is different and they melt on your tongue. Gives plowing snow a whole new meaning. LOL

 

[DreamCloud]

I tasted her flower whose petals opened for me.
I touched her nether lips, so moist with her desire.

the down between her legs
the apex of my desire
her glorious treasure
my hearts desire
the place of joining
her womanhood
her guarded passage
her heavenly passage

"there" (stolen from 50 shades)

 

[RejectReality]

The initial question was about character dialogue, so a lot of the suggested alternatives ( to me ) are even more awkward and out of place than pussy for the setting.

They're fine for narrative, but coming out of a character's mouth... not so much.

 

[Privates1stClass]

I knew I could depend on Hypoxia to come through with the Oxford Dictionary list of sex terms for pussy. I'll have to cut the list and paste it into my own dictionary. Sometimes 'pussy' just doesn't work.

 

[SanchoHardbottle]

In medieval times Vagina (latin for sheath) was actually the slang term and Cunt was the proper name. Also, it's a little later than bronze age, but in Renaissance England "Nothing" or "No thing" was a popular euphemism for pussy. Hence the dirty joke in the title of shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing"

 

[karaline]

I almost entirely avoid using any term at all, this isn't really a stylistic choice, its more that I really don't feel comfortable using any of them. Sometimes I use the word 'sex' and I use clitoris a lot. other than that I'm just vague.

Seems kind of stupid actually, now that I think about it.

 

[DreamCloud]

The bronze age would allow many alternatives. I have always imagined that people spoke more poetically back then. Of course, I am sure they were just a crude and direct as we are.

"She be sharing her woman parts with more than you know."
"It is your flower I seek, My Love."
"Between your legs is where I find my solace, My Lady."

The initial question was about character dialogue, so a lot of the suggested alternatives ( to me ) are even more awkward and out of place than pussy for the setting.

They're fine for narrative, but coming out of a character's mouth... not so much.

 

[elfin_odalisque]

Pussy is an Irish import to the US meaning 'lips' and could never be appropriate in a Bronze Age setting. Also, clitoris, clitori? were not discussed.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Thank you for the suggestions. At the moment, I'm leaning toward cunt or cunny, but I may invent a term. It will be at least another month before I'm ready to publish.

I cringed every time I typed "pussy," but this is the sentence that finally set me off:

“Bind her hands and feet and place her on the floor. Let’s see if she can talk with a mouth full of pussy.”

The flowery suggestions don't work for me, at least not at this point in the story. Perhaps later, when the romance angle is introduced. That doesn't occur until sometime around chapter 5. Until then, it's all on the rough side.

 

[elfin_odalisque]

Thank you for the suggestions. At the moment, I'm leaning toward cunt or cunny, but I may invent a term. It will be at least another month before I'm ready to publish.

I cringed every time I typed "pussy," but this is the sentence that finally set me off:

“Bind her hands and feet and place her on the floor. Let’s see if she can talk with a mouth full of pussy.”

The flowery suggestions don't work for me, at least not at this point in the story. Perhaps later, when the romance angle is introduced. That doesn't occur until sometime around chapter 5. Until then, it's all on the rough side.

In the dawn of time, well, perhaps later than the Bronze Age, There was a street in Paris called 'Scratch con' street. Sexual expressions were a lot more basic then.

Romance was not an issue.

 

[desertslave]

This may be the definitive research on sexy slang!

http://timeglider.com/timeline/07f47d6b843da763
For female bits

http://timeglider.com/timeline/194b572e19fd461b
For male bits

Drag the chart from left to right to get earlier words. Have fun!

 

[HeyAll]

Her "sex"

Her "womanhood"

 

[soflabbwlvr]

This may be the definitive research on sexy slang!

http://timeglider.com/timeline/07f47d6b843da763
For female bits

http://timeglider.com/timeline/194b572e19fd461b
For male bits

Drag the chart from left to right to get earlier words. Have fun!

Thank you! That is a tremendous resource.

 

[katestyle]

As mentioned earlier, 'Quim' would work well, it's origins go back a long. long way. It can be traced to the Celtic, Welsh more likely than not, as it's original spelling was 'Cwym'.