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Recently here on Literotica, SisterJezabel published a nice story in which she used the term 'cloven inlet' for a woman's vulva. This was a refreshing change from the usual 'pussy,' a word which clearly has been overused in erotic literature. As I looked into the origin of 'cloven inlet,' I was struck with the multitude of synonyms available to the erotic writer for many common words. What follows is an incomplete listing of words or terms which the writer may wish to consider using in place of the more common words. (The writer certainly can explore many more terms for body parts or sexual acts. Simple search engines can turn up dozens if not hundreds of terms.) Many are humorous and may evoke interesting images. Some of these are national, regional or more ethnic in origin and should be used appropriately in any stories. Care should also be taken to match the terminology with the character(s) involved. For example, a sophisticated woman masturbating might be more inclined to say 'having a onesome' than 'hitting the slit'.
Keeping a list such as this readily available may make your writing more intriguing and varied. These terms for anatomy and common sexual activities are listed in no particular order, some with brief annotations.
BREASTS
The girls
The twins
Ta-tas
Boobs/boobies
Bubbies
(Note: women tend to use the above terms, men the terms below.)
Tits/titties
Knockers
Mammaries/Mammary glands
Hooters
Melons
Bazooms
Bazookas
Honkers
Jugs
Udder(s)
White meat (As in chicken breast)
VULVA -- some terms are used indiscriminately for both vulva and vagina
Pussy, Puss, Kitty
Cooch, coochie, kooch, koochie
Cunt
Cunny -- older term, primarily Br.
Snatch
Twat
Beaver
Bush
Oyster, bearded oyster
Clam, bearded clam
Muff, muffin -- usually ref. to unshaven vulva
Gash, Slit, Crack
Fanny -- Br. term (in USA, fanny refers to buttocks)
Yoni
Punani
Honeypot
Yum yum
Quim -- usually Br. slang
Minge -- usually Br. slang, refers to both hair or vulva
Pink canoe
Taco, pink taco, fish taco, love taco
Promised land
Nirvana
Fur burger, hair burger, hair pie -- ref. to unshaven vulva
Cloven inlet -- archaic
Lady bits
LABIA
Beef flap, beef curtain, meat flap, meat curtain
Camel toe
Lips, love lips, lower lips
CLITORIS
Clit, clitty
Button, pearl, bean
Man in the boat, boy in the boat, little man in a canoe
Happy button, magic button, bliss button, party button, little pink button
Hooded lady
Skittle, sugar plum
VAGINA
Box
Tunnel, tampon tunnel
Love canal, love cave
Glory tunnel
Bat cave
Hot pocket
Vajayjay
Vadge
Front passage
Hole
Cockpit/cock pocket
Cum bucket
Honey pot
ANUS
Asshole
Arsehole (primarily Br.)
Bung hole
Back door/passage/side/alley
Boy pussy/cunt
Man pussy/cunt
Crinkled star
Rosebud
Dirt box
Shitter
Ass cunt
Brown star/spider
Poop chute
Smelly freckle
PENIS
Phallus
Member
Dick
Cock
Pecker
Peter
Prick
Shaft
Tool
Johnson
John Thomas
Willy
Manhood
Third/middle leg
Joystick
Pencil
Skin flute
Giggle stick
Weiner, schlong, wang -- usually N American slang
Willy, horn, honker -- usually Br. Slang
Virile member, propagator, pizzle, loom, pintle, needle -- primarily archaic terms
TESTICLES
Balls
Apples, apricots, acorns, beans, berries, coconuts, eggs,
Nuts, peanuts, plums, spuds, taters, tomatoes
Giggle berries
Nads, gonads
Prairie oysters/mountain oysters/oysters
Cajones, huevos
Crown jewels, family jewels
Beavis and Butthead
Tweedledee and Tweedledum
MASTURBATION -- some masturbation terms are also used for partnered manual stimulation
Solo sex, solo flight
Ménage à un (instead of ménage à trois)
Ménage à moi (ditto)
Me time
Be your own best friend
Sexual solitaire
Doing handiwork
Ruining your/the eyesight
Go blind
Growing hair on your/the palms
Commune with nature
Engage in safe/safest sex
Get to know yourself
Self-abuse
Manual override
Having a onesome
FEMALE MASTURBATION
Clean/polish the bean/pearl
Flickin' the kitten/bean
Clicking/Double clicking the mouse
Diddle the skittle
Diddle
Jilling/Jilling off
Making my/the girl happy
Pet the cat/kitty
Rub the nub, Rubbin' the nubbin
Two fingered tango
Finger painting
Paddle the pink canoe
Girls night in
Play the piano
Tickle the taco
Visit the safe deposit box
Check the undercarriage
Dial the rotary phone
Butter/Buffin' the muffin
Wet the slip and slide
Orbiting Venus
Visit/play with the man in the boat/canoe
Taming the shrew
Putting on lip gloss
Hit the slit
Making my girl happy
MALE MASTURBATION -- Many more terms available than with female masturbation
A date with Palmela Handerson
Beat one's meat
Choke the chicken
Jacking/jerking off
Pole dancing
Rub one out
Slickin' Willie
Blow one's own horn
Burp the worm
Date/see Rosie Palm and her five sisters
Five knuckle shuffle
Polish the rocket/helmet/family jewels/sword
Rub one out
Shake hands with the unemployed/John Thomas/wife's best friend/Yul Brynner
Wank
Whack it
Whack off the weasel
Wrestle the dragon/eel
Walk the dog
Stroke your mole/the poker
Spank Elvis/the bishop/the monkey/salami
Slap the clown/the donkey/salami
Flog the bishop/dong/log/mule
Clear the snorkel
Call down for more mayo
Beat the meat/dummy/bologna/bishop
FELLATIO
Suck, suck job, suck dick, suck cock
Give head, get head
Go south/down/down south
Blow, Blow job
Buff the helmet/knob
Go out/down for ice cream
Hummer, hum job
Peeling the banana
Playing the flute
Singing into the (purple) microphone
Tonsil tickling
Smoke the pickle/pole
Deep throat
Come guzzling
Pay lip service to
Knob gobbling
Give/get a Slurpee
Gamahuche -- also for cunnilingus
CUNNILINGUS
Lip service, pay lip service
Muff diving/munching
Carpet munching, cleaning the carpet
Eat out
Pay lip service to
Clam diving
Eat at the Y, eat down at the Y
DATY, abbreviation for Dining at the Y
Moose burger, fur burger
Go down south. Go down under
Aussie/Australian kiss (as in 'down under')
Yodel in the valley/canyon
Mustache ride
Playing the hairmonica
Munch/eat a box lunch
Faire minette -- Fr: do the kitten
Make her dessert
Having alphabet soup -- refers to drawing the alphabet with tongue
Strawberry kiss or Earning red wings-- cunnilingus during menses
Gamahuche -- also for fellatio
INTERCOURSE
Fucking (of course)
Fornication
Having carnal knowledge
Making love
Copulating
Screwing
Coitus
Bonking
Nookie/getting some nookie (also Nooky)
Shagging (primarily Br.)
Bumping uglies
Hanky panky
Sleeping together
Pounding pud
Bedding someone
Banging
Balling
Humping
Horizontal polka
ANAL INTERCOURSE
Butt/ass fucking
Sodomy/sodomize
Reaming
Anal sex
Fifth base
Fudge packing
Travel the Hershey highway
Bumsex (primarily Br.)
Buggery
As of early 2023 "folds" for vulva is a term which I think has relatively recently been seen in Literotica stories. Its use appears to be spreading. I wonder if there is a story that first introduced it, and from which it was copied by other writers.
A great cajun friend of mine used to say "doin' the do" instead of having intercourse. He was such a great guy. His cajun accent made it that much funnier.
A very good start to what I hope will become a frequently utilized reference for many writers.
I will also add "second base" as a synonym for female breasts and "third base" for the vagina.
For male masturbation, there is also "dating Miss Michigan"