BONUS LINGUISTIC INSIGHT: I do not like the word "crotch" to refer the body part in question. Here's the dictionary definition:
crotchSee? To refer to the vulva as a "crotch" is to wish it out of existence, to see it as simply the place where one leg becomes the other leg!
NOUN: 1. The angle or region of the angle formed by the junction of two parts or members, such as two branches or legs. 2a. The area on a pair of pants, underpants, or shorts where the two leg panels are sewn together. b. A piece of material sewn into a pair of pants, underpants, or shorts that joins the legs. 3. The fork of a pole or other support.
ETYMOLOGY: Possibly alteration of crutch and partly from Middle English croche, crook, crosier (from Old French croche, hook, shepherd's crook, feminine of croc, hook; see crochet).
Now, go crochet yourself a pair of panties, and beware of the female crocodile... and the vagina dentata.
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Thanks, doll! :-)
Ms Ehlers said she was inspired after meeting a traumatised rape victim who told her, "If only I had teeth down there."
For a great, but NSFW, picture of the vagina dentata, go here.
A college freshman (my nephew) complained that he could not go surfing on the day after Thanksgiving because he had to go get his tux for his sister's upcoming wedding...And he stated his complaint during Thanksgiving dinner as follows "all they do is fit your jacket and measure your crotch- I can get that done any time".
Also NSFW. But click anyway. Come on. You know you want to.
Hey, Ruth Anne, don't you see that Wurly is trying to compete as Historian of the Althouse Blog?!
"Groin" is an incredibly ugly word. Whoever says "groin" except in phrases like "groin injury" and "kicked in the groin." To much like "groan." Also kind of like "growin'."
Groin is way up on the ugly words list. I believe that avulsion is perhaps the ugliest. Don't even get me started on groin avulsions.
Do not, repeat do not, do a google image search of avulsion. It's not just the word, the real thing is ugly too.
I love "avulsion." It comes up every year in CivPro when we do Kroger.
I loved this take: Bette Midler cops to wearing Britney's Underwear. And more..
Crotches and groins deserve each other. Nasty, ugly-sounding words, as words, the both of 'em. Right up there with the names Bertha and Ralph.
But "groin" is an exception for me; I'm just fine with the "oi" sound, even in moist: No doubt because it makes me think of the speech pattern of my late (native New Yorker--not Manhattan) grandmother and her family.
Note that in both those prior examples of my using crotch/crotchy, I really was saying make it go away.
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Most of the names for "down there" are vulgar and rude, but some are kind of sweet, like "tinkleflower" or "the southern smile" or "yum yum".
As far as the actual photos causing all this discussion, how does the mother end up with diaper rash, anyway?
Crotches and groins that are bare, Oh My!
How does one floss a vagina dentata?
That first pic looked like Ferengi teeth...
Maybe for halloween, there should be a 'phony teeth' vagina dentata, like an equivalent of a Groucho nose and glasses for the penis... a laff riot as they say!
I dunno, "vulva" is not exactly a gorgeous word either...
Have you seen the pictures of Britney's crotch?
The description you provide, of one limb meeting another with nothing else there, is spot on.
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