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suitable name(s) for female genitals

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julwil · 02/09/2007 10:08

Does anyone have a suitable name that we can use as a family? So far I'm stumped - vagina (too clinical), front bum (eurgh!), I've seen 'flower' used on mn, but would welcome any other suggestions

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Blossomhill · 02/09/2007 10:08

we say moo moo. God knows where/how/why it started but I think it's quite sweet.

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NappiesGalore · 02/09/2007 10:09

plain old fanny for use in childhood.

personally like fanwah myself, but that is a total pisstake from a drunken night with girly friends long ago..

mn word de rigeur is fanjo

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NappiesGalore · 02/09/2007 10:10

personally think moo moo, front bum and flower are all a bit gross.

its a fanny forcrissakes. it wont bite, you dont need to come up with fluffy euphamisms

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LazyLinePainterJane · 02/09/2007 10:13

IT'S A FUCKING VULVA!!

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LazyLinePainterJane · 02/09/2007 10:14

ahem....

excuse me there.....but flower?

really?

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MoosMa · 02/09/2007 10:17

I think fanny sounds a bit ick when said by a child, I always called it a front bottom when I was little and that seems to have carried on with DD.

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TheMuppetMuggle · 02/09/2007 10:17

we use looloo.

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Mommalove · 02/09/2007 10:18

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pirategirl · 02/09/2007 10:19

we use wee wee, was the word used wheni was little. its where your wee comes from as far as dd5 is concerned!

I dont like fanny, it sounds too laddish.

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FrannyandZooey · 02/09/2007 10:22

Vulva is a good word - vagina sounds quite clinical and also doesn't describe what you see, but the inside passage, and things like 'flower' etc are open to misinterpretation. Should your child (god forbid) every need to tell another adult, at school or whatever, about something to do with their genitalia (eg that it hurts or that someone has done something to it), it's important that the word they use is going to be clear and easily understood.

Some people use fanny but to others that is a rude / sexual word, so we went with vulva.

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Riss70 · 02/09/2007 10:23

I guess there is nothing wrong with biological terms but by the same token some people find them awkward..... my mother always referred to my genitals as my 'little bottom' and I use 'privates' with my daughter

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ELR · 02/09/2007 10:25

we use monkey

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pirategirl · 02/09/2007 10:25

i agree, i wouldnt call mine my vagina generally, but then again I have no cause to talk about tit, unless on here or to friends!!, ok, its the correct word, but it doesnt mean I like that word. The vagina, the vulva. One needs a good name for the whole ensemble!!

ok wee wee isnt great, but its pretty inoffensive. It just was natural for me to use that as my mum used that word with us as kids.

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FrannyandZooey · 02/09/2007 10:26

It's important to remember that the word you choose also gives messages to your children about how we feel about that part. If you can't bear to say the proper name for it, it does imply you are ashamed or uncomfortable about that part of the body.

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wheresthehamster · 02/09/2007 10:26

Bits. We don't get too specific in our house

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pirategirl · 02/09/2007 10:26

good typo @ tit

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pirategirl · 02/09/2007 10:27

yeah my friend calls her son's 'bits'.

privates is good.

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pirategirl · 02/09/2007 10:28

I wouldnt say I was ashamed about mine! I just don't like the word.

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Mommalove · 02/09/2007 10:28

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FrannyandZooey · 02/09/2007 10:31

No, but this kind of thing does pass on messages to our children

they do need to know the correct words, for reasons mentioned earlier

if you can't bear to say them to your children, that does suggest a little more than a slight dislike for the word

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wheresthehamster · 02/09/2007 10:33

When you think you have a name just imagine the future when your child may have to say it to a teacher . E.g. My bits hurt. My flower hurts. If it's too bizarre the teacher may not understand!

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NappiesGalore · 02/09/2007 10:35

its not like you have long dinnertime conversations about it tho, do you? when talking about it, its generally for a specific reason. like 'have you washed your fanny?' at bathtime for eg.

why the word has to be all pretty and delicate i dont know... who do you expect to be talking to about it??

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JeremyVile · 02/09/2007 10:35

We had various names for it growing up (three sisters) but never vagina or vulva or anything else anatomically correct!
Have never had issues or a complex about it, personally dont buy that by not using correct terms it signifies embarassment or shame.

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