Well, it's #CoSoAfterDark somewhere, so...
Folks, what's your favourite euphemism for any of the contents of our scanties?*
Yes, yes, I'm talking about our 🍆s, 🍑s, and 🍒s. Positive euphemisms preferred, rather than terms you'd hurl at someone in a fight, but I'm more curious about range and regional quirks.
(And if your favourite euphemism isn't "cash and prizes", why not? 😉)
@MLClark
Family jewels
Mini-me
Mister happy
Meat and two veg
Lady garden
I presume you've noticed how few there are for the female genitals in comparison to the boys?
Oh, no, the vulva-ful are just being a little more discreet, but we know all about our
Hoohas
Foo foos
Cha chas
Cookies
Honeypots
Vajayjays
Minges
Snatches
Fannies
Beavers (with pelts!)
Flowers
Muffs
Clamshells
Coochies
Pink tacos
Lady gardens
Love tunnels
Sword sheaths (okay, that's just the original meaning of "vagina")
And a personal favourite...
Penis fly traps 🙃
@MLClark I have a couple that aren't on your list, but I'd prefer not to be too indelicate...and they are. @stueytheround
@Ironworker229 @MLClark
Fun etymology fact:
The C-word which in Shakespeare's 12th Night appears as "Cunny" has its roots in the same place as the geographical words "cut" (Chaucer) and "combe". They mean a "valley" or a "cleft" in the landscape.
So "c***" describes the valley between a woman's thighs. Also worth noting that while vagina is the older word, it was also considered *very* insulting in England until the Victorian era. Yet now, it's the other way around.
Cunt used to be a great word! In the Middle Ages, and well past Shakespeare's time, there was a sly bit of wordplay around "cuntry lasses" in poetry and theatre, and both cunt and cunny were used positively, for pretty/sexually vivacious people. Gropecunt Lane was also a common name for streets with sex workers! Then in the 1920s the US started using it more to slag the missus, while Aussies started calling people cunts in barfights. 🤨 And they ruined a fine word!
@Ironworker229
@MLClark Have you ever seen The Vagina Monologues in a theatre?
There is nothing quite like being surrounded by a thousand women all shouting "CUNT! CUNT! CUNT! I LOVE MY CUNT!" The empowerment as they reclaimed the word for themselves was astounding to behold.
I have indeed. Baked vulva cookies for a sale at one performance back as a young adult, too - everyone got to decorate their own!
TVM used to be a huge part of the university/young-adult experience when I was a kipper, & I think it still is in parts - but with some updated scenes now, since at least a couple in my time wouldn't pass the #MeToo test today. There was also a time when a book called CUNT made the rounds, empowering youth. Oh the spirit of revolution!
What about you, Stuey?
Fellas often have to navigate a lot of really unfair physical standards and expectations, too. Did you ever have a moment of awakening when you came to love yourself as you are, without fussing about how you measured up to the stereotypes of your day and region?
☺️ I had a sneaking suspicion that your answer was going to involve the magnificent Eleanor, and I'm so happy for the excuse to hear that tale!
There is nothing in the world like love, is there? In so many forms, in so many ways, it heals us of the idea that what we have are imperfections.
In the right company, they never are. 💛
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful and affirming journey, Stuey. Long may the wonder of it all carry on.
@stueytheround @MLClark @Mauve_matelot @Ironworker229 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@MLClark
One day, the most beautiful woman I've ever seen called me "A masterpiece of creation" and I learned to cautiously believe her. Twenty years later, that woman still treats me like the sexiest man alive.
I learned to enjoy my body, as it is.
I learned that being ginger wasn't something to be ashamed of (for men of my generation, it was).
I learned that mini-me isn't too small after all!
All it took was for someone to make me feel worthy of love. Thanks @Mauve_matelot @Ironworker229