Via Bill Halstead on Facebook, this timely Tom Tomorrow cartoon:
I’ll post in a while on the real-life events (in Michigan) that inspired the cartoon.
Via Bill Halstead on Facebook, this timely Tom Tomorrow cartoon:
I’ll post in a while on the real-life events (in Michigan) that inspired the cartoon.
June 26, 2012 at 10:11 am |
That’s terrific! I burst out laughing in the office, not something I usually do. (Yes, I do realize that there’s a serious point here, but it’s still funny.) Possibly relevant, and potentially of linguistic interest, are there slang terms in English specifically for clitoris? Vagina, yes, obviously, but I don’t know any for clitoris. That could be because I’m a man, because slang referring to sex may be sex-specific. But the lack of a term used by men would support men’s lack of awareness of or attention to clitorises (that seems to be the plural, as my dictionary doesn’t specify any other form–I checked).
June 26, 2012 at 2:20 pm |
Two common slang words for clitoris: the clipping clit and the metaphorical bean. Plus man in a boat and variants on this.
June 26, 2012 at 2:18 pm |
The only common way of referring to the clitoris in my social circles is “clit” — merely a shortened form. (Occasionally you hear somebody using a silly name like “love button,” but it’s always intended as humorous.)