" … the bedazzled _vaginas_ …"

Benjamin Barrett gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM
Fri Jul 6 23:20:09 UTC 2012


I did not know that. I would have said "vagina."

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Jul 6, 2012, at 4:04 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> Clearly, the word should be "vulvas" and not "vaginas." I'd even
> accept "twats." _Vagina_ seems to be expanding its meaning to include
> the whole of the female genitalia. Of course, if _vagina_ is going to
> be successful as a cover for _pussy_, it'll naturally have to take on
> all of the meanings of
>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/29/frances-goodman_n_1634759.html?utm_hp_ref=arts
>
> --
> -Wilson

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