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FF's link to sheloveshertoys is very interesting, isn't it? because they have a LOT more euphemisms for female genitalia than for male - they don't even have all the Monty Python song's list under the latter category.
I was interested to see that they classed each word/term, as well. How do they decide what is slang and what is vulgar slang? what is poetic/spiritual as opposed to slang? I noticed that "vertical smile" counts as "vulgar slang" - and yet I would've just called it slang - and jolly slang at that! I mean, it sounds friendly-like and inviting....
I wish I could find a copy of Billy Connolly's monologue on the names of genitalia....He talks about penis and vagina as if they were places to go on holiday: "Vagina sounds like a lovely place to visit - well, it IS! - but it sounds like some sunny place with a beach and blue skies....But penis! Remember Penis? it rained all the time and we got mugged...." (something along those lines anyway....!)
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