Vocabulary

Well, then, here is what I actually meant to write.

There are any number of slang terms for the genitalia of both sexes, and to a writer this is a boon. Were there none, then every (explicit) story would be full of vagina and penis, and the repetition would get tedious. Being able to vary the terms makes the text more interesting.

I tend to use cunt when I specifically mean vagina, and pussy when I mean the vulva generally; I am usually happy with cock but throw a prick in from time to time. Most of the first-name euphemisms — Willie, Peter, Dick and in the UK John Thomas, Percy — strike me as odd. Though I did get a grin when the movie Free Willie was released.

For ladies, there is much more variety, and I am happy to indulge in it. One word in particular strikes my fancy, and I wish that it were more securely seated in the mainstream of private conversation.

Quim.

It is such a pretty word. It is more gentle than cunt, or twat, which I find an unpleasant sound. It has much more a feminine ring to it than snatch or slit or the awful gash; it isn’t silly like cooter or beaver or pink taco. Quim sounds... I don’t know, is genteel too strong a word given the subject matter?

It sounds like a lady at the tea table could say to her friends: “Fred came home at lunch time and gave my quim a good seeing-to!”

Why not give it a try next time?

— Frenulum