Thoughts on a word

[BlackCatWalking]

Part of me when I am writing, wants to use a slightly less formal word than Vagina when talking about our hidden parts. I sort of see that as a word for the doctor. Cunt is really just a swear word and Pussy is so silly it doesn't do much for me. Vulva sort of works but is halfway between Vagina and slit.
I can Google the lists of alternative words, but isn't it silly that when we talk about a man's penis, the word cock is great and even knob (in the UK anyway) is not so offensive or technical that it turns a reader off a story.
The female words, where are they?

 

[ElectricBlue]

Cunt is only a swear word if you treat it that way.

There is a school of thought that says give the power of the word back to women - because it IS such a powerful word that has been misappropriated by men. It's more often than not my default word.

Agree that vagina is too clinical, vulva in my mind ditto. I will use pussy from time to time, if only because it is so commonly used.

There was a thread on this quite recently - quite a useful vocabulary emerged, by the time everyone chimed in.

Found it: http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1450378

 

[NOIRTRASH]

TEX and OILOT are the words I use for pussy and cunt.

 

[NotWise]

Part of me when I am writing, wants to use a slightly less formal word than Vagina when talking about our hidden parts. I sort of see that as a word for the doctor. Cunt is really just a swear word and Pussy is so silly it doesn't do much for me. Vulva sort of works but is halfway between Vagina and slit

Cunt is used pretty commonly in the English-speaking world outside the US. I do not use it as a swear word, but given that a lot of women in the US dislike the word I use it fairly sparingly.

I've googled around before to find how women refer to those parts. On one fairly academic blog the women wanted to use "vagina" more commonly. I don't think I've ever used "vagina" in a story. In another blog women seemed to think that "pussy" was over used and that "cunt" was perfectly fine as an anatomical reference.

One opinion I got that resonated with me is that, unlike men, it's fairly difficult for women to see their own equipment. As a result they don't make a lot of specific references to it--it's mostly just "down there."

I've taken to avoiding specific references to the female anatomy. If you say "He shoved his cock into her." it isn't usually necessary to expand that to "into her [slit, twat, cunt, pussy, honeypot...]" The context normally says where it's going.

 

[Hypoxia]

words wanted?

from: THE BALD-HEADED HERMIT AND THE ARTICHOKE -- AN EROTIC THESAURUS
A.D. PETERKIN

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,

* Artichoke: a poetic metaphor for vagina, referring to that plant's leaves, and the sensuous pleasure of peeling and eating the flesh beneath them.

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 wini^ dow, 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,

* 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.

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,

* 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.

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,

* Gasp and grunt, grumble and grunt, sharp and blunt: rhyme with cunt.

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,

* House under the hill: refers to the abode found below the hill, or mons pubis.

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, Idtchen, 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,

* Mickey Mouse: the Disney Corporation is likely displeased with this 20th-century American usage for vagina.

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,

* Open C: historically, vulgar slang words were often referred to by their first letters only - in this case, Cfor cunt.

orifice, oven, P, P-maker, padlock, pancake, papaya, passage, passion pit, peehole, PEEP, penocha, pie, pink, pink care,

* PEEP: Perfectly elegant eating pussy.

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,

* Puss: originally an English affectionate term for a woman, but pussy came to have a more sexual (genital) meaning by the mid-ijth-century.
* Quiff: may be derived from the Italian cuffia (coif) referring first to hair, then possibly pubic hair.

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: first letters suggest spelling of cunt

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,

* Twat: vulgar English term from the ljth century, origin unknown.

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

* Wound, slash, and slit: rather nasty, male-invented modern terms for vagina.
* Yoni: a sacred sanskrit term suggesting the great womb of creation.

 

[Handley_Page]

Has "Slot" been mentioned ?

 

[LoquiSordidaAdMe]

Agreed! All the English choices are either too clinical, too derogatory, or too juvenile.

I let my female characters use the word "Cunt" without any stigma. Especially when they are talking dirty or trying to shock. Another favorite for my females characters is "Vag", but that's usually for internal monologues or conversations with other women.

My male characters usually end up going with "Pussy". It's juvenile, but it's widely accepted and it's really all they have. No one has ever managed to get wide acceptance for any alternative that I know of.

That said, I have written male characters using "Cunt" but only speaking it to a partner they have an established relationship with, ie "God, I love the feel of your hot little cunt!" In the proper context it's not as derogatory, especially if the woman is using it too. I wouldn't have a male character think the word unless I wanted the character to be derogatory (which is rare for me).

Alternatives that I let either gender use are "Labia", "Slit", "Crevasse", and "Heat" depending on where I want the word to fall on the Clinical/Derogatory/ Juvenile spectrum.

 

[SamScribble]

Has "Slot" been mentioned ?

He picked her up from a street corner, just off The Edgware Road, and took her back to his hotel where he spend an hour or so putting coins into her slot, waiting for the jackpot to come.

 

[tomlitilia]

I mostly use pussy, occasionally cunt. But often I try to avoid using anything. In "He pushed his cock deep inside her pussy" both cock and pussy is usually implied by the context. Thus "He pushed deep inside her" works just as well. Few people will interpret as he's fingering her ear.

 

[jomar]

Cunt and pussy suffice, if you even have to mention it...he touched her and she was wet and...

Anyway, purple prose does call for more flowery stuff...velvet petals, sugar lips, cock garage, and so on...

 

[LoquiSordidaAdMe]

I'm working on a story now and was trying to find something elegant. I read through Hypoxia's extensive list and nothing really fit. I hit up Thesaurus.com and Wikipedia and that lead me to "Mons Pubis" and "Mons Venus". Both were a bit too clinical for my purpose, but I realized that I could shorten it to just "Mons" and have a pretty good word that isn't overly clinical, and doesn't have any sort of juvenile or derogatory overtones - at least not that I'm aware of.

Here's the context I'm using it in: "I caressed the graceful curve of her mons through the delicate fabric." Any thoughts?

 

[BlackCatWalking]

I mostly use pussy, occasionally cunt. But often I try to avoid using anything. In "He pushed his cock deep inside her pussy" both cock and pussy is usually implied by the context. Thus "He pushed deep inside her" works just as well. Few people will interpret as he's fingering her ear.

Problem is that in the UK, cunt is probably the most offensive swear word and mostly used by men when they want to be particularly derogatory " He's a thick cunt". Pussy is more of an American word not really caught on over here. The word fanny was generally in use until it started clashing with the American word for a woman's rear end. Not very often used. Men sometimes refer to the part as "her snatch". Don't know the origin of that but not really very descriptive in an erotic story. "He fondled her snatch.". See what I mean.

 

[HouseOfTease]

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