tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post4230645530632511007..comments2023-06-20T07:47:24.386-05:00Comments on The Spiced Tea Party: So...what do you call It?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-17522569595302921842007-03-17T12:41:00.000-05:002007-03-17T12:41:00.000-05:00A must-see, so appropriate to this discussion -- I...A must-see, so appropriate to this discussion -- I'm on the email list for Susie Bright's blog, and just received this. I haven't even hit all the links on <A HREF="http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brights_journal_/2007/03/what_she_said_b.html" REL="nofollow">this entry about Betty Dodson and her investigations of the clitoris</A>. But I thought I'd rush over here and share it with all of you.Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-24526241857486320092007-03-16T13:49:00.000-05:002007-03-16T13:49:00.000-05:00This is my first time posting here, but I just had...This is my first time posting here, but I just had to agree. Sometimes the euphemisms they come up with in romance novels are truly silly. Womanhood and nub are truly ridiculous and unsexy. Why do the terms for males all sound triumphant and mighty, and the female terms are either gross sounding or just plain silly? Another thing that makes me cringe terminology-wise in romance novels is when they use 'suckle' instead of 'suck'. I'm not sure if it is just me but that reminds me of nursing... and that is just a little weird in my opinion.SaucySamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11896286533662016023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-19384188691229267162007-03-16T09:32:00.000-05:002007-03-16T09:32:00.000-05:00Mina, I totally agree that manhood/womanhood suck,...Mina, I totally agree that manhood/womanhood suck, to be blunt about it, as terminology. In fact, I wrote a whole sex scene in <I>Almost a Gentleman</I>, where the heroine uses every word possible except that one, for him. Though at the end he's so befuddled that he falls back, a bit ironically, on the dreaded womanhood. Writing it was big fun.Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-35299347141030470622007-03-15T14:40:00.000-05:002007-03-15T14:40:00.000-05:00blogger ate my post yesterday, so I'll try again.....blogger ate my post yesterday, so I'll try again...<BR/>women's parts.<BR/>When I was a little girl, I somehow thought that those important bits were my 'whatsit' Like Robin I was very surprised to discover that wasn't the correct anatomical name for my girl stuff!. I could never bring myself to eat the British cheesy puff snack called Wotsit's either-far too traumatic.<BR/><BR/>I don't like a lot of the period words for genitals so I tend to put the modern words I am comfortable with instead. That doesn't go down well with everyone but it works for me!Kate Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079485861541059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-43117234054785826142007-03-15T00:09:00.000-05:002007-03-15T00:09:00.000-05:00ROFL about the pebbled nub, Jane!!ROFL about the pebbled nub, Jane!!Lenora Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07841633967011035274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-82520518649378194702007-03-14T21:47:00.000-05:002007-03-14T21:47:00.000-05:00Is it bad to say that I just decide to like the c ...Is it bad to say that I just decide to like the c word? <BR/><BR/>It was Lisa Valdez's Passion. C flung hither and yon. At first it flipped me out, but then I got angry at myself for getting mad at a word. <BR/><BR/>And I tend to not like many victorian names, they tend to sound purple.Eva Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08834856467514439544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-88830365236340876082007-03-14T17:20:00.000-05:002007-03-14T17:20:00.000-05:00My God, my God, it was the pebbled nub.Then she dr...<I>My God, my God, it was the pebbled nub.<BR/>Then she drops dead.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh. My. God. PAH-hahahahaha!Victoria Dahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061567524246682162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-31879653282676325462007-03-14T16:58:00.000-05:002007-03-14T16:58:00.000-05:00Hey Victoria,thanks for coming over to the naughty...Hey Victoria,<BR/>thanks for coming over to the naughty side. <BR/>Talking of pebbled nubs...there's a Sherlock Holmes Story, The Speckled Band, I'm very fond of, where a woman consults Holmes about her sister's mysterious death.<BR/>Let me set the scene... It's night time in a sinister gothicky house where wild animals roam the grounds, and a woman bursts out of her bedroom, in absolute terror:<BR/><I>My God, my God, it was the pebbled nub.</I><BR/>Then she drops dead.<BR/>Just how I feel.JRMullanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385318200404516357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-2252701933233118892007-03-14T11:28:00.000-05:002007-03-14T11:28:00.000-05:00I can't believe we're discussing the same thing!!!...I can't believe we're discussing the same thing!!! (Almost. At HistoryHoydens we're talking specifically about the dreaded nubbin.) How funny is that?!<BR/><BR/>But CAULIFLOWER!?! Methinks someone saw a case of serious genital warts!<BR/><BR/>As far as historical words for the whole vaginal area, I find the vast majority to be squicky if not down right derogatory. And far, far too many maritime references. Seriously.Victoria Dahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061567524246682162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-15061097953891277812007-03-14T10:59:00.000-05:002007-03-14T10:59:00.000-05:00by the way and totally coincidentally, there's the...by the way and totally coincidentally, there's the same discussion happening over at historyhoydens.blogspot.com, my other home in the blogosphere.Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-66459358592237100412007-03-14T07:03:00.000-05:002007-03-14T07:03:00.000-05:00One that always jolts me is his manhood/her womanh...<I>One that always jolts me is his manhood/her womanhood. I don't know about you, but while my "womanly parts" are what technically define me as a female, there's so much more to my womanhood than my genitalia.</I> Well said, Mina, and I'm glad we gave you something to talk about--welcome!<BR/><BR/>And Lenora, talk about pushing my buttons...those who know me have heard the nub rant more often than I care to think about. It is not a nub. The only advantage to using "nub" is, sadly, that everyone knows what it means. It keeps the flow, keeps the story going, but as cliches go it should be take out into the alley and shot.<BR/><BR/>Rant over (for the moment). I also hate the term pebbled, usually in the same context, but I'll save that for another rant sessionJRMullanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385318200404516357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-65819353383015012612007-03-14T02:00:00.000-05:002007-03-14T02:00:00.000-05:00For some reason I can't stand it when authors use...For some reason I can't stand it when authors use the words "nub" or "slick" (as in "he teased her nub," or "he entered her waiting slickness"). I prefer Victorian euphemisms like "charmer" for penis, and "motte" for vagina, (thank you, Lacy for the excellent list!). But you are absolutely right, Jane, there is a decided dearth of creative names for the clitoris. Please let us know if you think of any good ones...Lenora Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07841633967011035274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-862505572700697692007-03-13T22:30:00.000-05:002007-03-13T22:30:00.000-05:00When I was a toddler, I somehow got started callin...When I was a toddler, I somehow got started calling my girly bits my "bubby." Of course, my mother went along with it and my little sister picked it up, and as I got older, I forgot that I'd invented this term -- I thought EVERYONE called it that.<BR/><BR/>Imagine my horror when I went to spend the night with my friend Valerie in the second grade, and her little brother was nicknamed Bubby...Robin L. Rothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553282341899660240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-52392096220301774132007-03-13T21:34:00.000-05:002007-03-13T21:34:00.000-05:00One that always jolts me is his manhood/her womanh...One that always jolts me is his manhood/her womanhood. I don't know about you, but while my "womanly parts" are what technically define me as a female, there's so much more to my womanhood than my genitalia. I try & give men the benefit of the doubt and assume the same for them. <BR/><BR/>I think the only nickname my S.O. & I ever had for his penis was "lollipop", and that was as a polite euphemism in one conversation rather than a recurring name. No nicknames for me.<BR/><BR/>PS - Hi! I've been reading but haven't had anything to contribute before. I enjoy this blog very much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-53789449261629042932007-03-13T20:52:00.000-05:002007-03-13T20:52:00.000-05:00Sadly, I don't think I call it anything. Of cours...Sadly, I don't think I call it anything. Of course, DH doesn't have any cutesy names either. Hmmm.... maybe we should have a bedtime brainstorming session. ;-)Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02716785419172270884noreply@blogger.com