Why do authors seem to treat it as a requirement to use the word "pussy" instead of vagina, vulva, or just genitals?

[PantsDownFun]

Similarly, in a different story, a younger boy asked the older boy in the room about the genitals of the naked girl that was in the room. The older boy then responded with something like this:

"Well, the actual name for it is the vagina or the vulva, but you can call it a pussy or a coochie..."

The younger boy then decided on coochie because he liked the word.

I have seen this kind of thing in many stories, and I am just wondering...Why?

I'd like to also add, for a native English speaker "vagina" in particular is a little awkward to say. It's three syllables with a kind of awkward vocal pause in transition between them so it does not roll off the tongue (add your own joke here) and there aren't many other frequently used words constructed that way or that begin with "vuh" like that.

Conversely, virtually everyone learns the word "pee" from a very young age and "penis" is closely related in sound and easy to connect mentally.

In my mind that makes it attractive to swap vagina for a two-syllable slang word that people find easier to say.

It is worth adding, while three syllable words aren't uncommon, most three syllable words tend to accent the first and third syllables, vagina accents the first and second. That might be what is going on with that "awkward pause"

[Dormouse]

Incidentally, there is a word used in English for the vulva - twat. Also used to describe a fool.

The anatomical use is probably in decline but one blundering use of it was by the 19th century poet Robert Browning. He'd come across a scurrilous 17th century anti-Catholic song that included the line "Cardinals' hats and old nuns' twats" and he assumed a twat was part of a nun's habit.

[Executionus]

I have seen this kind of thing in many stories, and I am just wondering...Why?

There might be a regional issue at play, but in most of the US people use the word "pussy" as the primary default word for the female organs. A minority of people use words like flower and kitty to be cuter and less explicit, but even schoolchildren primarily use "pussy". We're talking over 90% of all naming for that region from sea to shining sea will use the name pussy there. The only person who is ever using the word "vulva" in conversation is a gynecologist. Words like twat and cunt are considered slurs in the US so they aren't used anymore. Some people use "vagina" or "genitals", but that's even more rare than flower and kitty.

On the same level, the word dick is at least 80% of all naming for the penis, with cock being most of the remaining 20%. Weiner is used by kids mostly and abandoned as you age. Nobody says penis aside from the medical usage. The whole reason that "The D" became a slang term is simply because "dick" is the primary word for it by a massive margin and is treated as the default name.

When people write dialogue they're usually trying to make it sound like real life, so as a result they use the terms people use in real life.

[SixPathsKeyblader]

I have seen this kind of thing in many stories, and I am just wondering...Why?

There might be a regional issue at play, but in most of the US people use the word "pussy" as the primary default word for the female organs. A minority of people use words like flower and kitty to be cuter and less explicit, but even schoolchildren primarily use "pussy". We're talking over 90% of all naming for that region from sea to shining sea will use the name pussy there. The only person who is ever using the word "vulva" in conversation is a gynecologist. Words like twat and cunt are considered slurs in the US so they aren't used anymore. Some people use "vagina" or "genitals", but that's even more rare than flower and kitty.

On the same level, the word dick is at least 80% of all naming for the penis, with cock being most of the remaining 20%. Weiner is used by kids mostly and abandoned as you age. Nobody says penis aside from the medical usage. The whole reason that "The D" became a slang term is simply because "dick" is the primary word for it by a massive margin and is treated as the default name.

When people write dialogue they're usually trying to make it sound like real life, so as a result they use the terms people use in real life.

I'm from the U.S. myself, but I have almost always heard people use the word vagina more often in conversation than pussy. Granted, female genitalia does not necessarily come up that much in conversation in my day to day life outside of platforms like this site. Even so, on the rare occasion when it does come up, I almost always hear vagina. In fact, I had never even heard the word pussy be used to refer to the vagina until I got to highschool (I am currently 27 for reference). Even then, it was still rare for me to hear that. I do hear dick way more often than pussy, however, even then I still hear penis more.

[TeenFan]

I'm from the U.S. myself, but I have almost always heard people use the word vagina more often in conversation than pussy. Granted, female genitalia does not necessarily come up that much in conversation in my day to day life outside of platforms like this site. Even so, on the rare occasion when it does come up, I almost always hear vagina. In fact, I had never even heard the word pussy be used to refer to the vagina until I got to highschool (I am currently 27 for reference). Even then, it was still rare for me to hear that. I do hear dick way more often than pussy, however, even then I still hear penis more.

There is likely a big difference in single gender conversations.
Girls talking to each other probably use the terms vagina and penis frequently.
Boys talking to each other probably only use the slang terms of pussy and dick.

[SixPathsKeyblader]

I'm from the U.S. myself, but I have almost always heard people use the word vagina more often in conversation than pussy. Granted, female genitalia does not necessarily come up that much in conversation in my day to day life outside of platforms like this site. Even so, on the rare occasion when it does come up, I almost always hear vagina. In fact, I had never even heard the word pussy be used to refer to the vagina until I got to highschool (I am currently 27 for reference). Even then, it was still rare for me to hear that. I do hear dick way more often than pussy, however, even then I still hear penis more.

There is likely a big difference in single gender conversations.
Girls talking to each other probably use the terms vagina and penis frequently.
Boys talking to each other probably only use the slang terms of pussy and dick.

I am a boy and I have still only rarely heard the slang terms.

[tim409]

LOL you will not find me using those terms even IRL but if you read my stories, you will find I have no objection to what word is used for MALE genitals and in fact, you will find if you watch main stream public TV shows even on family sitcoms and other shows they are using terms like balls and nuts to refer to testicles and I have heard prick and even cock and balls on a major cocking show when one chef was making a dish

https://www.pedestrian.tv/online/master ... ls-theory/

[BareB4U]

This is something I've struggled with. I've rarely come across the word "pussy" in real life on this side of the Atlantic, so I prefer not to use it. The term I want to use is "fanny", but I don't because it means something different in other countries and could cause confusion for international audiences.

So far in the story I'm currently writing, I've used "vagina" when portraying the thoughts of a boy who doesn't know its correct anatomical meaning, and "vulva" when it's a girl who knows better than that.

[TeenFan]

I have heard prick and even cock and balls on a major cocking show when one chef was making a dish

Sometimes typos can be so much fun. Unless there really is such a thing as a "cocking" show with cooks.
There was a tv cooking show called "The Naked Chef" long ago that went for several seasons.
I tuned in once because of the intriguing title. The chef was indeed a good looking young guy, but he wasn't NAKED.

If my cook was naked, I would prefer he/she shaved their pubes.

[tim409]

I have heard prick and even cock and balls on a major cocking show when one chef was making a dish

Sometimes typos can be so much fun. Unless there really is such a thing as a "cocking" show with cooks.


If my cook was naked, I would prefer he/she shaved their pubes.

Well they were cooking cocks were they not? Speaking about cooking cocks, there was a man in Japan that actually had his own cock and balls removed and he had them cooked and served. Five people paid to eat them,.

Japanese man, 22, cooks his own genitals and serves them up to paying guests at a dinner party
Mao Sugiyama cooked his own genitalia and garnished them with mushrooms and parsley
Five guests paid around £160 each for the meal
Sugiyama, 22, who is asexual, voluntarily underwent surgery to have his penis removed

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... uests.html


In one article, someone said he has balls. Actually he HAD balls I wonder if he roasted his nuts?