Question regarding phallic symbols

[Dennis R. Preston]

>Cuneiform! (Huh-huh-huh-huh - linguists rule,dude.)

dInIs

>I've heard "yonic" from "yoni." Probably on Salon.com, but I can't be
>sure.
>
>Erin McKean
>editor at verbatimmag.com
>
>
>On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Brian Pletcher wrote:
>
>>  Hello everyone, I was recently struck by the idea that there is a word for
>>  phallic images, but not for the opposite, namely the female genital organ.
>>  Is there some obscure word out there for such a thing?  I would think that
>>  it would be useful if a matriarchy ever develops and men can whine about all
>>  the ______ symbols all over the place.  Thanks in advance! (please send
>>  responses to this address, I'm not on the list)
>>
>>  Brian
>>  Middlebury College, Vermont
>>

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