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Originally Posted by Cyborg Ninja
I'm still surprised by some people's confusion over what the term "vagina" actually means. It is a scientific term referring to what other people may call the "birth canal." I learned this in 2nd grade. What kind of education did you get?
As for using "vagina" as slang—it makes far more sense to use "pussy" instead. It's simply miscontruing the word and has led to the unfortunate and embarrassing misunderstandings of some younger people in the US. This thread has shown me that there really are several people that don't realize what the term "vagina" actually means because they hear it when really the speaker is referring to the entire female genitalia (pussy). I'm not sure I'd call it just slang... it really seems to be misunderstood. How would you feel if people started using the word "penis" to refer to the entire "package?" And I really hope people don't get that wrong, either...
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Wow, how have I missed this thread since it was posted? CN, let me begin this by stating the following:
a) I detest stupidity. People misusing words generally drives me insane.
b) I believe most people are stupid.
So, with that out of the way, I still have to say, "Are you friggin serious???"
The word pussy is generally accepted as meaning the whole of the female exterior and immediate interior areas. Basically the fun bits. Vagina, while a medical term with a specific meaning, is also a word in the English language. English being a living language (as opposed to dead, not generally spoken by a native people any longer) it is subject to relatively constant change, both in use and actual wordcount. I don't believe that anyone here has so far proven your statement correct. It would appear that everyone AGREES that vagina = birth canal. However, it would also seem as if you are the absolutely only person here who believes it matters whether or not people use the word to mean the whole package.
Now for an example. My wife seems to like the word penis as opposed to other "slang" terms for my junk. I find it amusing and somewhat endearing and oddly not clinical. If TotalMILF says, "Mmmmm, I'm going to suck your penis" I can also fully expect to have my balls in the mix as well. Did she just use the word "penis" to include the whole "package"? Not specifically... it just turned out that way. On the same note, if a woman said to me, "I'm going to fondle your balls", I would generally expect my dick to get some action as well.
So, I'm curious which you are bent out of shape about. That the slang "pussy" which you agree is the whole package (or do you believe it is only the labia?) is used interchangeable with vagina, or that vagina (which we all agree is scientifically the birth canal) is used interchangably with vagina?
Oh, and "are several people that don't realize what the term "vagina" actually means because they hear it when really the speaker is referring to the entire female genitalia (pussy)"... wtf? Isn't the point of language to convey your ideas? What if the speaker SAID vagina and MEANT pussy. If I inferred vagina to be specific, even though the "speaker" had meant pussy, than *I* am wrong. The speaker misused the word, but I misconstrued the meaning. Maybe we're both wrong?
Maybe it really doesn't friggin' matter! If you want to combat ignorance, one petty stop at a time, start worrying more about things like people not knowing the difference between there, their and they're, or won't and wont, or than and then.
What about when people say "same difference"? So, it's two subtraction problems with the same outcome? Or what about "I could care less"? So, you care at least a little? When they obviously mean they couldn't care less. *shrug* I have petty opinions about speech, too. Frankly, I find mine to be much more annoying that the pussy/vagina debacle you have brought to us.