Silly euphemisms

[Aunt_Flo]

What’s your favourite euphemism for sex or masturbation? I personally like the phrase ‘bumping fuzzies’ for sex and ‘diddling your skiddle’ for masturbation. Anyone care to share their favourite silly sayings?

[mak_trouble891]

One I like is ‘bumping uglys’
another one an ex of mine use to use was ‘reef and beef’ or ‘surf and turf’ when referring to either oral or sex, the girl was the reef lol

[ElleBelle]

I want to bring back “knocking boots” hahaha

[Curiosity]

I loved a slogan I saw for sexual health “use your CONDOM sense” on a badge with a picture of a smiling condom 

[NickiPower]

Here’s one I saw promoting safe sex: “Before inserting your flesh injection, make sure to wear latex protection” 

[walk_on_walls]

I remember reading a resource about how to teach kids about sex. They recommended not using euphemisms such (e.g. “willy”) but give the correct terms (e.g. “penis”).

What are people’s thoughts on the role of euphemisms in sexual openness? As adults, they can be fun and witty, but do they actually reinforce cultural taboos around not talking about sex?

[Aunt_Flo]

@walk_on_walls I only like euphemisms to be silly among adults. I don’t think it’s good to teach children to be ashamed about having genitals or referring to them by a biological name so I’d definitely use the correct term when speaking to children. 

[NickiPower]

Yes @walk_on_walls I did just read an article from Canada that slang or euphemisms in sexual education actually aids to the assumption that these parts shouldn’t be spoken about and then confuses children when they are introduced to education around sexual activity later in their school life. 
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health-advisor/sexual-health-education-needs-to-call-body-parts-by-their-names/article31550950/

[walk_on_walls]

Thanks for the thoughts @Aunt_Flo @NickiPower

Great article too, easy to read and explains the points well. Until I’d read up on this topic, I’d never  thought twice about euphemisms for kids – it seems so normal and innocent – but can actually have negative effects.

[Kit]

Euphemisms…. all I can think is @EggplantEmoji 😉

[RoseHill]

Great article @NickiPower thanks for sharing!

What I was taught in our unit on facilitating sex education was always teach children to use anatomical terms because it can be a safety issue… there was a case of a young girl who repeatedly tried to alert a teacher to having been sexually abused and because at home she had only been taught to use the word “pocket” for vagina, it caused a lot of confusion and took adults a long time to figure out what she was really trying to tell them  :'(

[Aunt_Flo]

@Rosehill that is certainly not an implication I have thought of before, but wow! Very necessary to use to correct terms when talking to children. 

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