Vulva

[MelissaBaby]

My mother is and was an expert at the indirect conversation, she doesn't get mad, but disappointed. When someone is disappointed in you, it correctly focuses the discussion on you.

In addition she is and was both correct and direct. I clearly recall her telling my second grade teacher, nearly sixty years ago, how disappointed she was that an educated woman... Who was educating little girls... Had such a poor self-image that she felt that the correct physiological terms for the parts of the human body were 'dirty words,' not appropriate for use in an educational setting.

I prefer the correct anatomical terms, but I also like to mix it up, not repeat myself too many times. I also use coarser terms, 'cunt' doesn't bother me. I will use it like the late great Richard Prior used, well we know what he used...

I use period terms in period pieces and try to imagine what my character would say in dialog. My lover, my brother's wife, really did call it her 'coochie' at nineteen almost twenty. Its how she was raised, with a really poor self-image, and that can kill. She was probably healthier at 61 than at 21.

Love and Kisses

Lisa Ann

As long as no one says "vajayjay." I can't stand that.

 

[SimonDoom]

As long as no one says "vajayjay." I can't stand that.

Boner-killer, for sure.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Boner-killer, for sure.

It's frustrating when grown women infantilize themselves.

 

[SimonDoom]

It's frustrating when grown women infantilize themselves.

I think the only time I've ever heard it is on TV -- talk shows, that sort of thing. It sounds enough like the "official" term that everyone knows what's being referred to but it's cute and different enough that it won't offend the censors or the audience. I've never heard anyone use it in real life.

But in erotica it would sound ridiculous -- unless used for comic effect.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I think the only time I've ever heard it is on TV -- talk shows, that sort of thing. It sounds enough like the "official" term that everyone knows what's being referred to but it's cute and different enough that it won't offend the censors or the audience. I've never heard anyone use it in real life.

But in erotica it would sound ridiculous -- unless used for comic effect.

I've heard younger women use it, almost certainly because they picked it up from TV. I think your analysis is spot on.

 

[EdEc]

"The lips that never smile" spoken to the tune of, "The Shadow of Her Smile" from the film, "The Summer of '42".

 

[CuteSlaveLisa]

"The lips that never smile" spoken to the tune of, "The Shadow of Her Smile" from the film, "The Summer of '42".

Oh my, those lips, those ones I have 'down below', they smile. And smile quite regularly. So I'm just awfully and terribly sorry. Saddened that yours never had occasion to...

Love and Kisses

Lisa Ann

PS couldn't publish 'Summer of 42' on Lit. Due to underage content.

 

[MelissaBaby]

As long as no one says "vajayjay." I can't stand that.

https://i.imgur.com/DlNsP92.png

Nicely played.

 

[blozo]

As long as no one says "vajayjay." I can't stand that.

Vajayjay isn't as bad as cocksocket.

I don't really see anything wrong with pussy; I just prefer vagina.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Vajayjay isn't as bad as cocksocket.

I don't really see anything wrong with pussy; I just prefer vagina.

A guy called me a "dickholster" once. I didn't care for that.

 

[Voboy]

A guy called me a "dickholster" once. I didn't care for that.

Yeah. That’s bad.

But in the mouth or mind of a certain type of narrator, simply using that term instead of something more genteel is such a subtle and powerful way to develop his personality. Or, more troublingly, HER personality.

I love language.

 

[Athalia]

from The Bald-Headed Hermit and The Artichoke: An Erotic Thesarus

Genitalia, Female (General)

see Clitoris, Labia, Vagina

Much of the slang for female genitalia does not distinguish among specific parts of the female anatomy: pudendum, labia, vagina, uterus. Many terms are used interchangeably.

I don't know how they missed "woo woo."

This topic comes up from time to time, and usually reflects more on the author's attitude toward lady bits than the actual usages of the words in conversation.

"Womanhood" sounds quaintly Victorian. Same for "sex" ... it's as though the writer (or character) hasn't ever seen a pussy, and is at a loss to know what one looks like. Or maybe it's intended to convey the attitude that nice people don't talk about that area of the body, and certainly don't want to draw the reader's attention to it any more than necessary.

As for me, I'm all over the place in my writing. I use "cunt," "pussy," "vulva" or even "snatch" depending on the context, but please don't ask me to explain why, in a given instance, I might use one word over another. It's a question of ear. What word would spring to my character's mind when describing a girl's genitalia? Frankly, it relates to how horny they might be at the time, or what culture they're coming from (nationality, age, or class), or what the situation is (bedroom? gym shower?). If there's a hard and fast list of what terms to use in which context, I haven't seen it, and I'd probably disregard it anyway.

So far, I haven't heard any complaints from my readers about my choices of words.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Same for "sex" ... it's as though the writer (or character) hasn't ever seen a pussy, and is at a loss to know what one looks like. Or maybe it's intended to convey the attitude that nice people don't talk about that area of the body, and certainly don't want to draw the reader's attention to it any more than necessary.

As for me, I'm all over the place in my writing. I use "cunt," "pussy," "vulva" or even "snatch" depending on the context, but please don't ask me to explain why, in a given instance, I might use one word over another. It's a question of ear. What word would spring to my character's mind when describing a girl's genitalia? Frankly, it relates to how horny they might be at the time, or what culture they're coming from (nationality, age, or class), or what the situation is (bedroom? gym shower?). If there's a hard and fast list of what terms to use in which context, I haven't seen it, and I'd probably disregard it anyway.

So far, I haven't heard any complaints from my readers about my choices of words.

My beta reader put me on a "cunt" quota during my really long work, so I started to add in her "sex," her "core," and other words to spread it about a bit. I joked I was writing about an erotic apple at one point. Someone mentioned a juicy peach, I've had a few of those (wrote about them too ).

I had one rather prim reader say that he wished I didn't use cunt so much in a story, but he kept coming back to read it again and again, so it obviously didn't diminish the appeal too much.

My daughter's generation use vajayjay a lot, and several have a vajazzle (so I've been told).

 

[MelissaBaby]

My beta reader put me on a "cunt" quota during my really long work, so I started to add in her "sex," her "core," and other words to spread it about a bit. I joked I was writing about an erotic apple at one point. Someone mentioned a juicy peach, I've had a few of those (wrote about them too ).

I had one rather prim reader say that he wished I didn't use cunt so much in a story, but he kept coming back to read it again and again, so it obviously didn't diminish the appeal too much.

My daughter's generation use vajayjay a lot, and several have a vajazzle (so I've been told).

Fucking millennials.

 

[Sheana_V]

"The apex where her pubis meets her sex."

 

[ElectricBlue]

Fucking millennials.

Now, now, your age is showing .

 

[NotWise]

"The apex where her pubis meets her sex."

I don't like using "sex" in that context, but otherwise I kinda like that.

 

[Sheana_V]

I don't like using "sex" in that context, but otherwise I kinda like that.

Hmmm...
Meets her ___?

 

[NotWise]

Hmmm...
Meets her ___?

Good question. "Sex" is actually a good one-word solution there. I have to build phrases to replace it.

 

[Sheana_V]

Good question. "Sex" is actually a good one-word solution there. I have to build phrases to replace it.

I'd love to hear the improvement.

 

[NotWise]

I'd love to hear the improvement.

My solution if I can't make part of an expression to work, is to not use the expression.

The expression I used (for now) was "the soft delta between her legs", in the context of "Chad closed his mouth over the soft delta between her legs."

I think I need to edit the story such as it exists now and check those lines. I like keeping some rather "poetic", to use MB's description, but some might be better off being more frank.

 

[Sheana_V]

My solution if I can't make part of an expression to work, is to not use the expression.

The expression I used (for now) was "the soft delta between her legs", in the context of "Chad closed his mouth over the soft delta between her legs."

I think I need to edit the story such as it exists now and check those lines. I like keeping some rather "poetic", to use MB's description, but some might be better off being more frank.

I mean, that makes sense. I was just curious if you could make it work.

 

[SamScribble]

Although it is now many years since I visited Australia, I do enjoy their use of slang. In referring to the area to which I think you are referring, an Aussie might say 'her map of Tassie' (Tasmania). Of course, if her map of Tassie has been deforested, it won't be quite so obvious that it's a map of Tassie, but I'm kind of against deforestation anyway.

 

[jsmiam]

There's an opposite effect too though, of overly avoiding using the most accurate descriptive word. You aren't writing a sonnet in the year 1493. You're writing erotica in 2019. So sometimes you've gotta call a spade a god-damn shovel. ;-)

Speaking of which, I believe in parts of South America, spoon is one of the names.

 

[SolarRay]

My solution if I can't make part of an expression to work, is to not use the expression.

The expression I used (for now) was "the soft delta between her legs", in the context of "Chad closed his mouth over the soft delta between her legs."

I think I need to edit the story such as it exists now and check those lines. I like keeping some rather "poetic", to use MB's description, but some might be better off being more frank.

Since the OP specifically indicated a need to describe the "wedge-shaped form" when the thighs are together, I would agree with Tio's suggestion of delta as it loosely indicates that shape. In combination with the right supporting description you can probably get away with a host of geometric stuff (vertex/apex/triangle). If she has pubic hair it might be a little easier because it presents more ways of describing the shapes you're talking about.

This whole topic is kind of fascinating to me because, as an author who describes bodies and body parts a lot, it really requires developing a system of terminology. There are practical terms that I feel I can get away using with some repetition. There are anatomy-specific ones. Terms for passive indication. Casual slang terms that might come up in dialogue for certain types of characters. Then there's the whole category of poetic treatments to be added to the mix. I usually bring the same base set of terms to every story but then break those up with specific jargon, slang, or spice that seems to fit with a particular context/character/story.