Vajayjay?
Filed under: Eros - November 6, 2007 @ 5:55 am
I just found out from reading Pretty Dumb Things blog that there’s a new nickname for a woman’s crotch region - vajayjay. (THIS is why I avoid watching television or knowing what’s going on in the real world.) And the NYTimes writes an entire article about it?!
Here are words that better describe the damn thing:
- pussy
- cunt
- vagina - nooo, it’s more than just the birth canal and penis cozy, people
- vulva
- yoni - dangerously new age, it means “sacred feminine place” which would encompass all of the woman’s lovely bits
- bing bing snickerdoodle. OK maybe this one is just as bad.
So what should we call dicks - dingalings? Weeweecacas? Ya know, I think they should differentiate between flaccid and erect - flaccid, it’s a penis. Hard, and it’s a COCK.
God I hate euphemisms.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
i’m with you on the vagina/penis descriptions. they don’t hold up well in the throws of passion. ‘oh baby, give me that hard fucking penis.’ or ‘that’s it baby, lick my vagina.’
images conjured when using the word yoni are rich and, indeed, sacred. it’s a beautiful word to use when discussing sexual spirituality/energy. but when it’s used in the midst of some nasty fucking, it’s sacredness goes out the window. ‘daddy’s* gonna fuck that sweet little yoni real hard.’ see what i mean?
sex is a nice word for describing both the male and female genitalia, especially during lovemaking with dialog. ‘i want to taste your sex.’ or when describing a sexual scenario ‘his sex was hard against her thigh.’
*note: i’ve never actually had someone call themselves ‘daddy’ during sex with me, even during my hardcore bdsm days. that, my sweet tbk, would be filed under ‘heebie jeebies’ for me.
November 6th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
What makes “vajayjay” even funnier to me is the idea the corresponding male term would be “panini.” Turns out it’s possible to giggle and roll your eyes at the same time.
My gal is squeamish about every word for vulva, so in the middle of things it’s just “you.” “I want to kiss you,” or “I love how you feel in my hands.”
I think I’ll try “bing bing snickerdoodle” next time.
November 6th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
wild woman, did you by chance derive your nick name from reading Women who run with the wolves, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes? I ask because I happen to be reading that book right now, and the phrase “wild woman” is used a lot.
I was actually just thinking about this yesterday, and tried to do some research (thanks wikipedia) to determine what I might prefer to call my male member. I took latin in high school, and despite my teacher’s best efforts to make a dead language dead sexy (thanks magistra), I can say pretty knowingly that latin, the latin I learned, and the latin that has come through to english, always feels too formal and sterile. also, the visual imagery for what the words mean is a little too sharp for my taste (penis means sword and vagina, sheath.
I don’t care for any of the modern english slang, though, except maybe cock… and joystick.
I looked up the male equivalent for yoni, and its ligham.
I think I like the older english words best though. obviously, it’s cunt for vagina (I’m growing to love english, what with how much it’s been demonized as a dirty language. it’s a language full of feeling!), and the equivalent for penis was “yard”, meaning rod, which you can still see in the more archaic definitions for it I suppose in this modern context, its use would lend a sense of bloated perception of length that could be taken the wrong way.
so, I don’t think I’m really any closer to having an all around satisfying name for that so important little bit of
flesh, just more options.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
women who run with the wolves? yes. yes indeed.
November 6th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
And then there’s Grey’s Anatomy, which features doctors, medical drama and a whole heap of sexy stuff involving those doctors. You’d think that certain allowances could be made. Still, creator Rhimes told us that she was obliged to create the word “vajayjay” for “vagina” in scripts because of endless hassle with the [Standards & Practices] department. “They told me we couldn’t say ‘vagina’ one more time in our show.” Now, of course the word “vajayjay” has entered the popular lexicon among female fans of the show.
—John Doyle, “Why Housewives don’t show nipples,” The Globe and Mail, January 23, 2007
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jessemoya, don’t you mean panani? Panini is something else
November 6th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
All I know is that there are no poetic words for genitalia. I’m really bored with fruit/garden metaphors.
November 7th, 2007 at 6:04 am
panini - AHAHAHHAHA
Thanks for all the info Tom and Strahil!
TWW, I know it’s pervy, but I like fantasizing that I’m a young girl being made to do filthy things with my big daddy dom. Maybe the heebie jeebies shudder is more like a shiver to me… hee
November 7th, 2007 at 7:55 am
i never said i wouldn’t refer to myself as ‘big daddy’… ~wink~
November 7th, 2007 at 8:00 am
HA! I think of you more as a hot mama, milf, goddess, role model…
November 7th, 2007 at 9:59 am
perhaps you should start thinking of me more as a big daddy dom.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
> GULP! <
xoxo
November 7th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
simply, i think “gurl” is a great term for a vajayjay. Then you can also use personal pronouns…her, she, etc.
I think the best euphimism for eating pussy has got to be “tipping the velvet”. Is there anything better i ask you?
November 7th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
I’m not crazy about the word “cock” because it means “shit” in yiddish. Not a nice visualization for such a lovely organ…so it truly is a dirty word for talking dirty…ha
November 8th, 2007 at 9:26 am
First time reader here, but I like what I see so far!
Bitch, Ph.D. has a great commentary on this article: http://bitchphd.blogspot.com/2007/11/they-want-to-keep-vagina-all-to.html