# Origin of word 'poontang'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-word-poontang/92782>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 11, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-word-poontang/92782 "2001-11-11T17:51:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-word-poontang/92782/1 "2001-11-11T17:51:45Z")

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It’s a fun word to say. Poontang poontang poontang.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-word-poontang/92782/2 "2001-11-11T18:01:08Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=12551](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=12551)

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=59163](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=59163)

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**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-word-poontang/92782/3 "2001-11-11T18:16:16Z")

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Ah. I should have known somebody had asked this before.

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-word-poontang/92782/4 "2001-11-11T22:49:10Z")

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TANGENT ALERT!

Wow. That’s amazing. It just now occurred to me that this word shares the same root as that wonderful dish, [pasta](http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/4079/Pasta_Rice_Main/spaghettiPutt.htm) [puttanesca](http://www.epicurious.com/run/fooddictionary/browse?entry_id=9792). You learn something new every day.