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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] vaysh11.livejournal.com 2009-01-18 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, thank you for Schniedel - I just knew I had forgotten some. Schaft is plain ridiculous :-). Usually, in the romance novels I am writing, genitalia are not mentioned, but a euphemism is used. Er war hart, oder so.

[identity profile] ciraarana.livejournal.com 2009-01-18 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, most romance novels dance around "the matter", but I've read quite a lot that don't. It's one of the reasons why I've stopped reading them. Because stuff like "Er stieß seine heiße Lanze zwischen ihre Schenkel." just seems plain ridiculous to me. And hysterical giggling ruins the mood. :)

Actually, I've also heard "Schniedelwutz" but I thought that belonged in the 'personal' category. ^__^
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[personal profile] fourth_rose 2009-01-18 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I've heard "Schniedelwutz" in movies, so I guess it's somewhat common. Not where I live, though, so I couldn't say for sure.