Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk

There is a topic that I would like to discuss that is directly connected to the vocabulary that people use in sexual manners.

There are words that are considered OK in polite society and other words that are considered unclean, forbidden, crude and nasty.

The current situation is that if we are going to discuss a particular subject, sex to be clear, we are restricted to words that are considered acceptable based upon context of the discussion.

In the case of some sexual discussions, if we refer to the actual act, we must use the words intercourse, or coitus, or copulation. While these words may be acceptable, and correct medical words, they are correct best, because they are meant to convey a technical description of some organ or procedure. Doctors in their practice must describe things as exactly as possible. Of course, these words are from the Latin language because they are exact in their meaning. These words are cold sterile words used to pass exact meanings.

Who wants to speak to their spouse about having intercourse. That word of intercourse is so inappropriate because we are discussing it in context. It is not about exact facts but about very personal private interactions between people in their most intimate personal relationships.

It is beyond reason to expect people to speak of these moments in a cold sterile word that does not speak to the most intimate of human things.

But, of course, people avoid such nonsensical restrictions. People speak in these matters by using other, nonacceptable words that they did not come up with but through common usage impart the message intended.

The most common words used, referring to coitus, have been in the common language since 2500 B, C. The same word or equivalent in English appears in print in about 1500 AD. Let's not pussyfoot around here. Sorry about the compound word pussyfoot.

The word is "Fuck" This word has been around for a long time. The actual origin of the word is uncertain but may come from the old German word ficken/fucken meaning to strike or penetrate, which had the slang meaning to copulate. So, in the old German it meant copulate. Today the word "fuck" may be used to indicate an intimate, consensual act between people. It is imparting a passionate act, not a technical fact. At the present time that meaning is becoming more common and is imparting several different emotions. To clarify that thought, it may indicate frustration, disbelief, disgust, outrage

Just be fair about the matter, I would like to find one couple who are contemplating sexual intercourse that query their intended partner with "excuse me John/Mary, would you like to copulate this evening?" Not going to happen!!

The word became taboo in the late 1800s, in the Victorian Era.

Next let me continue our word study by examining the word "cock", and you know what I mean.

Use of the compound term pillicock to refer to the penis is attested since 1325. Because "cock" is susceptible to numerous centuries-old meanings, it is "difficult to pinpoint the first clear use of the phallic sense", though the slang usage is generally understood to be related to the sense of a "male farmyard fowl". Cock is the most common name used by men and women. The word "dick" was used frequently when I was young but not so much today.

Personally, I do not know any male in this country who does not accept this name. I do not know how women go on this name, but I will call mine cock. The doctor may use penis if he/she wants. Question: What name do women prefer to use when referring to the penis?

Just to mention, there are 800+ secondary names for it.

The current accepted name for the female genitalia is vulva but I am not sure that even adult women call it that. Probably the most common approved name is vagina which is incorrect if you insist. The most common name, applied to the human vaginal region is "pussy".

The first recorded use of the word "pussy" in reference to the female genitalia comes in 1699. The origin itself is Germanic where many Germanic and surrounding language groups used words like "puse" to refer to or call cats. The word took on similar meanings in early English and slowly became a term of endearment with the common "y" or "ie" ending added. In fact, pussy was once a term of endearment for women! The way it came to hold the erotic meaning is not exactly clear, but other European countries also have cat---related terms for female genitals as well.

While "pussy" can carry a derogatory meaning, it is usually considered less offensive that other options like cunt. Many women are also working to reclaim the word, through the creation of "pussy hats" and the increasingly casual use of the term among women.

As an aside, when I was in the military there was a cap worn by the male members that was called the Garrison cap. It was a cap that was folded flat when not in use and tucked under the belt. When the cap was worn it did in fact resemble the female vagina. Stopping to think about it now, as best as I can remember, the women also wore garrison caps, but I have no idea if they used the term cunt cap. I never had the opportunity to ask.

The reason that I remember this is because one day as our squad was outside standing in formation, the sergeant had to leave us for just a second for some reason. He placed a member of the squad in charge because you could not leave them unattended. Our squad had a small number of women in it because it was an medical training class. The sergeant had left us at attention (an accident I think) so the temp in charge gave us at ease. Then he said, you can remove your cunt caps. Oops entirely inappropriate with the women there and he knew it. He apologized to the women, and no one ever mentioned it again. I am sure that some of those women found it kind of funny because of everyone's embarrassment. I have often wondered just exactly what the women called them.

My own opinion is that the term "pussy" is more a term of endearment. What else can I call that wonderful soft furry place. I do not know what else to call it and not piss off someone. Not a term of denigration especially when compared to term like "cunt" or "snatch". The recent play "The Vagina Monologues" was highly offensive to me (a man) and totally out of line in any case, especially when repeated by the high school girl in a school play. At that point in time very few coeds were giving every Tom, Dick and Harry a blow job.

The intent implied in the use of a particular word is revealed by the method of delivery, the situation at the time and the tone of the utterance. The meanings of words are molded by the context of the situation.

Shakespeare distills my point

A name, what is in a name? That which we call a rose

By any other name would smell as sweet.

To be fare about this, not all roses smell the same and do not look the same and not having seen or smelled very many pussies I suspect that pussies vary also. Maybe someone with more experience can enlighten us all.

Speaking as we were about the "pussy" perhaps we could take this moment to mention something that I never heard of until the service, called "eating pussy". This was not a term familiar to me having grown up in a very rural area of the country. This ignorance was eliminated by the guys from the big city who were well versed in the subject, according to them.

In all their wisdom, the USAF trained me as a medic, stationed in Germany and I became very familiar with all sorts of dissipation and disease by treating the numerous cases of venereal affliction passed on to the world wise American soldiers. Apparently not that smart after all. However not one of those guys claimed to have gotten it by eating pussy.

If you have ever seen a lady of the night in Europe, you would not ask why that was.

By the time I got back to the states, "eating pussy" was well known.

I cannot think of any other way to describe this activity. In my later years with the introduction of shaving that area, I have come up with one description. I am probably not the only one. I decided to call it eating the peach. A shaved pussy can be compared to a shaved peach and certainly sounds better.

Believe it or not this whole article started because someone objected to the word "fuck". After I got started things just got out of control and because something else entirely.

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