# Is there a proper way of saying vagina other than vagina? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539 "2001-02-23T01:00:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/101 "2012-09-09T04:15:37Z")
pudendum or vulva ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/102 "2012-09-09T04:40:05Z")
Good thing this thread was revived. In 2008, the doctors at the world famous Seattle Grace Hospital began a [movement to change the official medical term to “vajayjay.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY4yyO90sn8) After due consideration, the establisment’s [most influential figure adopted the term](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrocojfmMtw). And [industry observers declared the term official](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_41cQmBK4k). ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/103 "2012-09-09T07:39:13Z")
Someone I know has a friend that’s taught her daughters to call it their “front butt.” Don’t call it that. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/104 "2012-09-09T21:14:33Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > A zombie vagina! Nothing good can come out of this. I dunno, the screenplay writes itself. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/105 "2012-09-09T21:45:06Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I dunno, the screenplay writes itself. I’m just glad nobody calls it a tree chipper. Because that would be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/106 "2012-09-09T22:59:27Z")
One of my Sexual Ethics teachers in university said that in some language other than English, a poetic term for vagina is “little hill.” So he said he used the pickup line, “Can I climb your little hill?” ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/107 "2012-09-09T23:51:04Z")
You can always use the movies as your source material: “Rosebud” - _Citizen Kane_ “Funny Business” - _Ted_ (Never saw it, just the advertisements) “Downstairs” - \*Without a Paddle \*(On Spike last night - whatta stinker!) ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/108 "2012-09-10T01:29:17Z")
Clown hole? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/109 "2012-09-10T02:18:04Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > One of my Sexual Ethics teachers in university said that in some language other than English, a poetic term for vagina is “little hill.” So he said he used the pickup line, “Can I climb your little hill?” Mons? As in mons pubis? ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/110 "2012-09-10T02:22:39Z")
I wonder which one the OP settled on. I must say I find “nether bits” charming, if not particularly romantic. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/111 "2012-09-10T03:13:23Z")
Mulva? ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/112 "2012-09-10T03:32:11Z")
I love Mariposa, though I suppose there are a lot of Italian words that would sound as sweet. Big shock: I hadn’t noticed this was an old thread. My heart skipped a beat when I saw Persephone’s name. She is still missed. ---
**Author:** ![Obeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/113 "2012-09-10T04:27:53Z")
> [@Dragon\_Phoenix](#): > > Pookee. Pussy has usually been the word of choice for my GFs, but one called it her pookee. That prompted me to refer to it as her pokie, which she seemed to like better. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/114 "2012-09-10T18:56:15Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Mons? As in mons pubis? That may have been it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/115 "2012-09-10T19:11:18Z")
Minge? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/116 "2012-09-10T20:28:35Z")
Coochie. Or cooch for short. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/117 "2012-09-10T21:17:57Z")
The rubyfruit jungle. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/118 "2012-09-11T03:34:24Z")
The Y. As in “dining at.” ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/119 "2012-09-11T09:16:37Z")
Minge sounds like something old ladies would have. ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-proper-way-of-saying-vagina-other-than-vagina/55539/120 "2012-09-11T10:37:41Z")
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