Militant Vaginas annoy me.

[Deja Q]

Guess what Bill O'Reilly is!




Edited: Clarification

[In_The_Wind]

1. They would annoy me too.

If I knew any.

[Katherine Brengle]

2. The word "vagina" annoys me...

vagina
1682, from L. vagina "sheath, scabbard" (pl. vaginæ), from PIE *wag-ina- (cf. Lith. voziu "ro cover with a hollow thing"), from base *wag- "to break, split, bite." Probably the ancient notion is of a sheath made from a split piece of wood (see sheath). A modern medical word; the L. word was not used in an anatomical sense in classical times. Anthropological vagina dentata is attested from 1908.

[bigwillq]

3. So what do you call it?

:shrug:

[Katherine Brengle]

4. Here is a perfect, albeit controversial, alternative--

cunt
"female intercrural foramen," or, as some 18c. writers refer to it, "the monosyllable," M.E. cunte "female genitalia," akin to O.N. kunta, from P.Gmc. *kunton, of uncertain origin. Some suggest a link with L. cuneus "wedge," others to PIE base *geu- "hollow place," still others to PIE *gwen-, root of queen and Gk. gyne "woman."

The word wasn't considered obscene until the 17th century, when it (along with many other positive female-centered words) was turned into something bad and dirty.

There's a great book by this name if anyone is interested: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580050751/qid=1143165362/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1157311-7461657?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

There's a lot of history worth looking into when it comes to gender-specific language.

[bigwillq]

5. That's strange.

Many women are offended more by cunt than vagina.

[Katherine Brengle]

8. Where do you think we learn to be offended by it?

I reject that offense, because there is no logical reason for my to be offended other than what I have been taught by a society that despises me and my body.

[uppityperson]

6. my temple of joy?

:woohoo:

[bigwillq]

7. That's a good one!

:hi:

[Kurovski]

9. Rubyfruit Jungle

--always a good one.

[jpgray]

10. The land of grey and pink

[derby378]

11. Mound of Venus?

I've always like that one...

[Kurovski]

12. Classy!

:thumbsup" So much nicer than "snooch".