"taint", anatomical

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Apr 13, 2012, at 6:23 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> I've seen "grundle" in recent slang dictionaries but nowhere else.
> "Nifkin," nowhere.
>>
>>> On Apr 12, 2012, at 10:20 PM, James Harbeck wrote:
>>>
>>>> An alternate term for the perineum that I heard on a Saturday Night Live
>>>> sketch once is ABC -- anus-ball connector. I don't know how popular it
>>>> is.

>>>> I find, in Urban Dictionary, a definition that gives as synonyms
>>>> "grundle" and "nifkin," neither of which heretofore known to me, but both
>>>> of which having very good presences in Urban Dictionary.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perineum:

In human anatomy, the perineum ... is a region of the body including the perineal body and surrounding structures. There is some variability in how the boundaries are defined, but the term generally includes the genitals and anus.

... A wide variety of slang terms are commonly used for this area of the human body, most commonly "chode," "gooch," or "taint," or even "the spot where God sewed us up" but they generally refer to a smaller, less inclusive area -- just the surface skin region between the anus and the scrotum or vaginal opening.

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