# Difference between two slang terms for the male anatomy **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466 "2018-05-19T16:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pianodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e79b87/32.png) [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/1 "2018-05-19T16:59:02Z")
Hi SD, At the risk of using foul language, I will refer to these words as d\*\*\* and c\*\*\*. Do these words have different connotations? Would you use one over the other in certain situations? For me, personally, I think d\*\*\* sounds juvenile, and I prefer to use c\*\*\* when, for example, engaging in dirty talk with my wife. But I asked some others about this, and they disagree. Men, what would you use, and women, which word do you prefer to use? Dave ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/2 "2018-05-19T17:03:38Z")
When was the last time you heard someone call someone else a d\*\*\* sucker? In my experience, “dick” can be neutral and almost as anatomical as “penis”-- it doesn’t have to have a sexual angle (pardon the pun). But “cock” always has some sort of sexual connotation. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/3 "2018-05-19T17:08:17Z")
Anecdote: a female friend of mine related to me a story of the time she was at a county fair and looking at the roosters. One had an especially resplendent comb. Intending to say “Look at that cock’s comb!” she blurted out “Look at that rooster’s cock!” to the enjoyment of those in the vicinity. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/4 "2018-05-19T17:23:23Z")
Why is it that no word for the female sexual anatomy has any positive connotation? Even the innocent word “pussy” is considered bad, especially when applied to a male. And what about the female C word and T word? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/5 "2018-05-19T17:28:43Z")
_She’s a brick [da-da-DA-da] HOUSE_ ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/6 "2018-05-19T20:07:30Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Why is it that no word for the female sexual anatomy has any positive connotation? Even the innocent word “pussy” is considered bad, especially when applied to a male. And what about the female C word and T word? I think womb has a positive connotation. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/7 "2018-05-19T20:20:42Z")
I used to say “puss-puss” for one girl friend who hated “honey pot”. My Thai wife and her female friends call each other “hee”, the Thai word for vagina (I guess, I don’t know if it is a ‘proper’ word or slang). Dennis ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/8 "2018-05-19T21:07:05Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > In my experience, “dick” can be neutral and almost as anatomical as “penis”-- it doesn’t have to have a sexual angle (pardon the pun). But “cock” always has some sort of sexual connotation. Dick = penis Cock = erect penis ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/9 "2018-05-19T22:40:40Z")
This entire conversation gives me the willies. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/10 "2018-05-19T23:14:20Z")
> [@pianodave](#): > > Do these words have different connotations? Would you use one over the other in certain situations? Good question. The main difference I can think of is that [no one ever gets accused](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=855025) of [being a cock](http://www.superdickery.com/tag/superman-is-a-dick/). ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/11 "2018-05-19T23:43:36Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Why is it that no word for the female sexual anatomy has any positive connotation? Even the innocent word “pussy” is considered bad, especially when applied to a male. And what about the female C word and T word? I can’t resist, and I am sorry if you knew it already, but I’m suddenly thinking of Robert Browning and his odd notion that “twat” was an item of clothing worn by nuns. > [@](#): > > But at night, brother Howlet, far over the woods, > Toll the world to thy chantry; > Sing to the bats’ sleek sisterhoods > Full complines with gallantry: > Then, owls and bats, cowls and twats, > Monks and nuns, in a cloister’s moods, > Adjourn to the oak-stump pantry! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippa\_Passes#Who\_will\_read\_Browning?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippa_Passes#Who_will_read_Browning?) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/12 "2018-05-19T23:49:17Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Why is it that no word for the female sexual anatomy has any positive connotation? Even the innocent word “pussy” is considered bad, especially when applied to a male. And what about the female C word and T word? “Pussy” can have positive\* and negative connotations. And most words for any sexual anatomy, male or female, have mostly negative ones. The main one I think often has positive connotations is “balls” as a synonym for courage (although balls can also be negative). \*At least it does for me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/13 "2018-05-20T00:13:32Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Why is it that no word for the female sexual anatomy has any positive connotation? Don’t know about _positive_, exactly, but the Swedes have recently come up with “snippa” - a completely neutral, innocent, child-friendly word for vagina. For the longest time, boys have had an equally innocent word for their genitals - “snopp” - and now girls have one, too. 'S all good. Oh and come to think of it, I seem to recall from reading Hans Peter Duerr many moons ago that among Romani women, at least, the Romani word for vagina can have positive connotations of courage, bravery, daring etc., much as in American English’s “you don’t have the _balls_ to” so-and-so, or “check out the _balls_ on this dude.” ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/14 "2018-05-20T00:21:55Z")
If I’m talking to someone I’m having sex with, and we are talking about sexual things, then “cock” and “cunt” are the only appropriate words and they have no negative connotation in that context. Any other word seems silly and juvenile or clinical and distancing. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/15 "2018-05-20T00:35:56Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > If I’m talking to someone I’m having sex with, and we are talking about sexual things, then “cock” and “cunt” are the only appropriate words and they have no negative connotation in that context. Any other word seems silly and juvenile or clinical and distancing. “Cunt” is just entirely unsexy to me. It’s an actual turn-off, though not a huge one. Pussy isn’t great, either. But either is preferable to using the term “vagina” for other body parts. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/16 "2018-05-20T02:14:26Z")
> [@pianodave](#): > > Hi SD, > > At the risk of using foul language, I will refer to these words as d\*\*\* and c\*\*\*. > > Do these words have different connotations? Would you use one over the other in certain situations? > > For me, personally, I think d\*\*\* sounds juvenile, and **I prefer to use c** \* when, for example, engaging in dirty talk with my wife\*\*. > > But I asked some others about this, and they disagree. Men, what would you use, and women, which word do you prefer to use? > > Dave I much prefer c\*\*\* when dirty talking with her too. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/17 "2018-05-20T05:44:17Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Why is it that no word for the female sexual anatomy has any positive connotation? “Holy Of Holies” ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/18 "2018-05-20T06:18:08Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > “Holy Of Holies” If I remember the movie correctly she said, “He tried to touch my Holiest of Holies”. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/19 "2018-05-20T06:41:38Z")
Dick = tinny Cock = woody Sent from my SM-T713 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/20 "2018-05-21T13:57:42Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Why is it that no word for the female sexual anatomy has any positive connotation? Even the innocent word “pussy” is considered bad, especially when applied to a male. And what about the female C word and T word? What is the T word? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466.md?page=2)