Friday, April 24, 2009

Pudendum


pudendum \pyu-ˈden-dəm\ noun: the external genital organs of a human being and especially of a woman (usually used in the plural, pudenda)

Etymology: New Latin, singular of Latin pudenda, from neuter plural of pudendus, gerundive of pudēre to be ashamed

What does it say of a culture when its people basically refer to their agents of propagation as their “shame?”

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