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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2009-01-19 01:01 am

I always knew it would come to this ...

[livejournal.com profile] pingrid  and I have been discussing terms for the penis. For some absurd reason we thought it would be a good idea to put together a list of international euphemisms. If anyone is interested in helping, it would be delightful if you could suggest a few terms. Our ideal format would be something along the lines of:
Percy: affectionate, mostly non-sexual references. 'Put your percy away, Percy.' UK
Donger: basic euphemism, mostly used in idiomatic phrases. 'It's dry as a dead dingo's donger out there.' Australia

Non-English terms are very welcome. Private names for those penes closest to my flist should be held off for another conversation, preferably after the consumption of much alcohol.*

I'm hoping that one of you provides something of sufficient curiosity that I can pretend this is a matter of academic  interest ...

*Local and regional terms are encouraged. 'I call mine Fang' is discouraged.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2009-01-18 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
All of them, Pin, write up all of them! We'll find somewhere to archive it and it will be A Valuable Resource.

(Why do I let you talk me into these things again?)

[identity profile] pingrid.livejournal.com 2009-01-18 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
You are _very_ easily led astray. ;)

Sincd a lot of Norwegian swearing traditionally tends towards the religious rather than the sexual, gential references seem somehow stronger than in English, and there isn't as much variety (to my knowledge - I just use the vulgar ones so I haven't really got used to looking for euphemisms!) There are regional differences, though; up north they're far more casually foul-mouthed than in the south.

The stuck-ness has to do with examples of usage; I'll just leave them out since Norwegian examples will be useless to most of our flisters.

Pikk: vulgar term, commonly used in slang to describe the penis and, somewhat less commonly, as invective. Norway

Kuk (alt. kukk): vulgar term, commonly used in slang to describe the penis. More commonly heard in the middle and north of the country. Fairly strong invective in southern Norway, very casual in the north. Norway.

Must wring brain for more!