# A poll for the ladies re: terminology for "that area" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869 "2006-01-27T18:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/21 "2006-01-27T19:45:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Or you could go with ‘a lady’s treasure’. Or ‘quaint’ : Burton, in his translation of the Arabian Nights, somethimes uses “quente”, probably a throwback to the Chacer term noted here. Burton’s odd use of language has troubled some, but I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/22 "2006-01-27T19:56:01Z")
I think calling it her “sex” is suitably euphemistic without being too harlequin romancy. Persinally I like the term “pussy” but for some that is perhaps too indelicate. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/23 "2006-01-27T20:02:45Z")
Pussy is the thing most men lust for, the cunt is the one who owns it. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/24 "2006-01-27T20:04:37Z")
yoni ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/25 "2006-01-27T20:20:40Z")
> [@A.R. Cane](#): > > Pussy is the thing most men lust for, the cunt is the one who owns it. :dubious: Don’t get laid much I’m guessing? ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/26 "2006-01-27T20:51:46Z")
This thread reminds me of the song ‘[You Can’t Say Cunt In Canada](http://www.lyricskeeper.com/kevin_bloody_wilson-lyrics/214213-you_cant_say_cunt_in_canada-lyrics.htm)’. Don’t tell Kevin Bloody Wilson what he can and can’t say! ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/27 "2006-01-27T22:21:02Z")
I have nothing useful to add but wanna say… OMG Jophiel sighting! PS. “Fruminous bandersnatch” seems to be en vogue these days. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/28 "2006-01-27T22:34:12Z")
Cooter? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/29 "2006-01-27T23:29:17Z")
> [@Rasa](#): > > I have nothing useful to add but wanna say… OMG Jophiel sighting! > > PS. “Fruminous bandersnatch” seems to be en vogue these days. The wheels of Jophiel SDMB membership grind slow but sure 😉 As an aside, writing my little love letter led me to realize once again that, all her wonderful intellectual, spiritual and other qualities aside – by ladyfriend is freakin’ hot 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/30 "2006-01-27T23:34:31Z")
Cleft, lily, or you could borrow a phrase from a old Japanese pillow book “cinnabar cleft”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/31 "2006-01-27T23:37:33Z")
> [@Rasa](#): > > I have nothing useful to add but wanna say… OMG Jophiel sighting! > > PS. “Fruminous bandersnatch” seems to be en vogue these days. [And it can sing, too](http://www.frumiousbandersnatch.net/). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/32 "2006-01-27T23:53:28Z")
A la Anais Nin, you could call it her “delta of Venus”. Or “feminine delta” or just “delta” for short. I wouldn’t worry about the more old-fashioned terms either, seeing how you’re doing a remarkable thing in writing your girlfriend a good, old-fashioned letter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/33 "2006-01-28T02:50:43Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > A la Anais Nin, you could call it her “delta of Venus”. Excellent. > [@The Scrivener](#): > > you’re doing a remarkable thing in writing your girlfriend a good, old-fashioned letter. 🙂 Like I said. For goodness sake, don’t let her find out you consulted about it in a public forum. You will die. You will _want to_. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/34 "2006-01-28T03:09:50Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > For goodness sake, don’t let her find out you consulted about it in a public forum. You will die. You will _want to_. Not much worry of that. Anyway, I’m not talking about _her_, per se. But, in any event, I wasn’t planning on bringing it up. She’d just giggle madly at me anyway, knowing her. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/35 "2006-01-28T03:20:38Z")
You could go Asian on her ass and call it “The Jade Gate”, and her orgasm “Clouds and Rain”. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/36 "2006-01-28T03:38:10Z")
Mons sounds beautiful, without the venus tacked on. Lips, cleft, clit (pearl, if you’re poetic) all work for details. Don’t forget your positional adverbs which can be euphemistic too. I like pudendum, but it sounds kind of victorian. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/37 "2006-01-28T03:43:48Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Just describe this “interesting territory” as if you didn’t know what it was called. 🙂 Now I like that idea! Give her a peek into a man’s perception. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/38 "2006-01-28T04:25:41Z")
> [@brightpenny](#): > > I like pudendum, but it sounds kind of victorian. Sounds like a clock part- DUM! DONG! DUM! ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/39 "2006-01-28T04:43:28Z")
Squishmitten! > [@betenoir](#): > > Personally I like “cunt” but I suppose I’m in the minority of woman who consider that a romantic term. Cunt is one of my favourite terms, and I’d even consider it romantic were Mr. Indigo to whisper it to me in the throes of passion. But then, I’m dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869/40 "2006-01-28T04:50:18Z")
**Jophiel,** next time ask her what she calls it. I’m in favor of “cunt” myself (in both senses) but as has been said, that’s a minority view. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-the-ladies-re-terminology-for-that-area/341869.md?page=3)