There appear to be a number of theories as to why the slang for the vagina or perhaps more precisely, the vulva is pussy. The most common derivation that I see in dictionaries and other resources is that it can be traced back to the Old Norse puss meaning "pouch" or "pocket". In that sense, it is not unlike the etymology of vagina which itself comes from the Latin vagina meaning "sheath" or "scabbard". According to Michael Sims , Old English had the word pusa or posa for "bag" and by the s, English saw the use of pusse to signify the vagina.
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The audio, which was recorded in , featured now President Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault by saying that, because of his celebrity, he can grab various? And many women were having none of that. Women are newly empowered to use the word—formerly considered vulgar—proudly. We talk about our pussies all the time, in a variety of different settings, with lots of different people. But to really reclaim a word that was typically used to dismiss female anatomy, it's important to understand its history. Where does it come from, and why do we use it? Personally, I always assumed we describe vaginas as pussies because they do, IMHO, look somewhat like cats—specifically, Dr.
Few people misunderstood those now infamous words, leaked just weeks before the presidential election. Pussy is a strange word. No one.
Discussion in ' Linguistics ' started by aaqucnaona , Jun 13, Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Log in or Sign up. Why call it pussy? Messages: 1, Why is a vagina refered to as a pussy? How did it begin?
