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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread pudibund #168910 06/27/2007 1:54 AM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 2 smitty stranger smitty stranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 2 seems we may have exposed some very conservative notions by medicine's latin derivations the pudendum is one med term for the external female genitalia perhaps derived from pudere to shame?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: pudibund smitty #168911 06/27/2007 1:54 AM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 2 smitty stranger smitty stranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 2 Originally Posted By: smitty seems we may have exposed some very conservative notions by medicine's latin derivations the pudendum is one med term for the external female genitalia perhaps derived from pudere to shame?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: pudibund smitty #168912 06/27/2007 1:24 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh A funny article on terms for external female genitalia (or organs of generation as they used to be called). German has Schamteile, literally 'shame' 'parts' for pudenda. In British English, I've heard them referred to as naughty bits. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: pudibund smitty #168915 06/27/2007 4:10 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Please see Faldage's post (second in the thread) here. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,469 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 16 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,273 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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