i like to be more specific with female genitalia and use the proper terms: mons, clitoris, labia, etc.
They're actually really pretty words, just in terms of written appearance, and I could kind of go for seeing them in smut more often. Except, well, this is the part where I make a joke about sex education in the U.S. and how most of the characters I read and write about would not necessarily know them or reach for them over more familiar slang. :\ Scully, though, they totally work for, and maybe, if I were ever to write such a thing, Margaret Houlihan. Hm. Yeah, I'm going to have to think about her.
lexical creativity has only been necessary for the parts that are secret or forbidden.
I love this point. And speaking of words, "lexical creativity" is a delightful term.
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Re: Word Choices in Smut
Date: 2013-06-12 02:56 am (UTC)They're actually really pretty words, just in terms of written appearance, and I could kind of go for seeing them in smut more often. Except, well, this is the part where I make a joke about sex education in the U.S. and how most of the characters I read and write about would not necessarily know them or reach for them over more familiar slang. :\ Scully, though, they totally work for, and maybe, if I were ever to write such a thing, Margaret Houlihan. Hm. Yeah, I'm going to have to think about her.
lexical creativity has only been necessary for the parts that are secret or forbidden.
I love this point. And speaking of words, "lexical creativity" is a delightful term.