names

Chewbacca That's hilarious!

Maybe it's why we say re-jeana in the US, and va-gina for our anatomy!

Anyone remember what the 'nu-nu' was in the Teletubbies? Interesting!

It's always been a Mary in our house! I had a Northern mother and I think it's a Northern term! My daughter called it her Banjo!

Our DD's was a sprinkle - the DS's was a tinkle

Waddle for my d and winkle for my s, my gd calls it Minnie.

When I was a child it was always referred to as 'front bottom' and I can remember being laughed at in school about it, as the other girls all had pet names for theirs. My DGS has a winkle (as did his dad when young) and calls his testicles giblets! Breasts he refers to as boobies and all nipples are boobie nuts. Nu-nu was his baby name for a dummy too.

The posts about having a Volvo and driving to work in a vulva are brilliant

My daughter had 2 older brothers, so at nappy changing time, son number one said " it looks like a peach" so a peach it was for evermore and we still joke about it now !
My daughter in law took her sons swimming, they moaned about going into the Ladies changing room. They told my son " it was awful Daddy, we saw 4 ladies boobs and 2 ladies bums, but luckily we didn't see any vagina's" !!

Like absent, I don't think we were told names back in the 'olden days'. Our boys called theirs a tool, can't remember what the girls called theirs, probably fanny.
Remember the Faraway Tree books? The children were called Dick and Fanny - it's been changed now, for PC purposes.

When my children were little seventy years ago those things weren't mentioned much but girl's were fannies and boy's winkles.u

This has reminded me of the time I was in a shopping centre toilets.
A mum and her little daughter aged about three were in the next cubicle.
The mum told the little girl to hurry up.
The little girl said 'Wait, mummy, I haven't wiped my vagina'.
She sounded very indignant but so cute. I had to smile.

My (very prudish) mum never referred to any "private" body parts at all. To be honest I am not sure how she got through her whole life without having a word, (any word) for male or female parts. If she was forced into saying something she would just say "down there" and point

My DGC have always said Foo-Foo or Willie.

I used the anatomical terms; penis, bladder, vagina etc with children from the start. 'Penis' is as easy a word to say as 'willie'. It is straight forward and simple to use the technical terms.

There are so many other words for genitals, few of them used generally. I would not know what someone was talking about if they started talking about a 'nu-nu' or a 'miffy'. To me Miffy is the name of a bunny in a child's book.

Most of these words are euphemism's developed by people to prudish or embarrassed to be straight forward about talking about the genital area that all animals have.

My GD uses lady bits, private bits, front bottom.

agree re Miffy - its a toy based on a book/childrens cartoon

Kid in nursery goes to staff member and tells them an older kid was "playing with my Miffy" in the play tent - staff member likely to think it's an arguement over the toy and tells her that "it's nice to share"

That's why (amongst other reasons) they need to know that it's a vulva.

I have heard it refered to as 'my lady garden '!!!!

'my lady garden '
Eeuwww! Thats repulsive! Full of flora and Fauna!

Front bottom in our house

Twiddly bits!

When bathing her DD a friend referred to washing 'tween your legs' which I thought was clear but couldn't really be a name.
Weewee used to be used for both urine and where it came from, I haven't heard it for a long time though. I like the French foufou as it doesn't, in English, mean anything else.
As well as Miffy the rabbit there is a picture book called 'The Last Nunu' - this is about getting a child to give up their dummy!

There is a horse in the Aristocrats called Frou-Frou and I always wondered why the girls tittered and asked for the scene to be rewound so they could giggle between themselves. Until I finally twigged that they thought the horse was called Foo-Foo (or Fou-Fou) which is their name for girly bits.

In some primary schools children refer to their 'private parts' which covers the situation for both sexes. Unfortunately it was often used as 'Miss, he kicked me in my private parts!'
I never thought of 'crotch' which is clear and accurate for both sexes too.

They also giggle at the advert on TV for "My fairy garden" silly girls.

My son used to call his penis his "Wee man". One day when he was about four my friend asked him to show her his wee man. She meant the small Lego man he was playing with, whilst he thought she was referring to his penis. He was horrified! I have learned from this and my GD will be learning the correct names.

I agree with you, notanan, 'vulva' is the correct anatomical term and means the whole area that can be seen from the outside.

'Vagina' isn't right, because it's hidden inside the body and in a young child even the outer bit can't really be seen.