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Tumblereads 15: Euphemistic Bits
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In which Ingrid embraces her brave side and leads the Smut Report team in a conversation about the words we use to talk about those parts of our bodies. NSFW.
Show notes at smutreport.com/podcast.
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Introduction to Tumble Reads
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na na na smut report hello and welcome to the smut report this is tumble reads number something i don't even know 15 15 15 and it's the first one of twenty twenty six right yes yeah okay yes it is yes and we were and yeah aaron just said new year new us and i was like except the new me is apparently really dismal because we're recording this 45 minutes late in large part because i flung my coffee across the room accidentally ah
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We had housekeeping to deal with, too. Yeah, well, there's that. Anyway, needless to say, we're just, where some of us are entering the new year, like, clean and fresh and feeling fly, and some of us are entering the new year absolutely pathetic, and I'm in the latter category.
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ah So... Anyway, I'm Ingrid, the pitiful one. I'm Erin. I'm Holly.
Adjusting Post-Holidays
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crushing it this year so far. You're crushing it? One for one, I'm knowing who you
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I'm waiting for it to wear off, but I have a lot of like tidying momentum going from the holidays. love that for you. i My kids went back to school and I was like, finally, I can take a nap.
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Wow. i and i love that for you you are like a fully functional form adult and my husband and i had an actual conversation yesterday because he was working from home where we decided that we are too old to eat lasagna leftovers for lunch because i fell asleep sitting up on the couch like i had lasagna leftovers for lunch and was like well we can't do that anymore because both of us were like and we want to go back to bed so i feel like that's legitimate i only Yeah, like forget about not being able to drink anymore. I think it really gets things get real when you can't eat lasagna midday anymore. problem
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Anyway, so anyhow, so tumble reads style. I i'm curious how really quick what we're reading for the new year because you know, I just have to get those
Reading Habits and Book Critiques
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recommendations. What are you mean for fun?
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Well, nonfiction. Yeah, I know. I'm reading a nonfiction right now. The last. Oh, ah so I started the new year with The Apprentice to the Villain.
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But it took me like a full week to read this book. And it's like, it's pretty fun. And I really admire the commitment to the bit, but it was kind of a slog for me.
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i gotta be real. Like, I'm like, come on, let's, let's move things along. I get this. I get what you're doing. Let's move things along. And the lack of editing just got to me. I mean, normally, normally will give books a break, but this book needed not only copy editing, but like some development editing too. I'm glad you're TikTok famous. And that's a track hub book, right? Yeah. yeah yeah ish maybe not yeah it's just like everywhere but is it everywhere because it's a tiktok book well i think it is kind of a tiktok book i think it started as it was like a tiktok bit that she was doing where she was like talking about her life as like what's it like being the assistant to a villain right i think
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And then bookified it. m But yeah, it was not properly copied. Stuff that's funny as a book or stuff that's funny as a bit doesn't always translate into a full length narrative. Yeah. Except it's a whole dang series. is series. You know, interestingly though, well in um read it though so yeah. So I kind of, um you know, haphazardly buddy read it with Holly because she was reading it and I was like, I need a break. Cause I was reading ah the book of Asriel series, which if you're a romanticist person, you know, but. I do not get the hype about that series. It was I was fighting for my life to to get through that series. And I've never in you know how I joked around about how like with the Jennifer Armantrout series, it felt like anytime there was a problem that couldn't like. you know that wasn't it felt like there were problems that were pre-planned and there were problems that were just like oh no I found myself in a pickle as an author I guess I'll just throw some new magic at that we've never seen before and then you're just like okay well you can't do that that's cheating plot wise and this one was 200 times worse they were like ah I just don't want you to die. Too bad nobody in that series freaking dies.
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They die. They're back to life. like there's They die. They're back to life. All this this terrible outcome that they're so worried about happening where they all die can't happen. So I'm just, it gets to the point where you're like, who okay, you're so worried you're going die. woo Like you're not going to die.
Trends in Romantic Fantasy Books
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You've died quotation marks sarcastically 14 times now. Anyway.
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um But I read that one and i I have to say that I have this this budding theory about romanticity because, you know, it's kind of boomed. especially with book talk and stuff. And um the fantasy side of romanticity takes a significant amount of world building and planning.
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ah And what I've noticed in my binge is that I feel like a lot of these books and series, the speed at which the next book, next book, next book comes out, it's at the expense of the world building. it's at And and it's at the expense of that multi-layered,
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um slow uncovering of the truth or the goal or the, you know, it's... So I'm curious because I've noticed... Yeah, so there have been a bunch of series that have come out in recent in recent, you know, probably the last two years where I feel like the hype has been significant and the response from readers has been kind of lackluster or disappointed. And I think that part of that is because like they're doing... I mean, having been in publishing a two-year turnaround from...
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beginning to on the shelf that's fast that's yeah that's pretty fast most of the time at if it's two years that's like they've acquired the manuscript is pretty much done and then you have a year or two years not necessarily the case but like especially for a book like this that's going to require significant copy editing and developmental editing that's not a very right well and like fantasy books are usually longer i know yeah romance fanta fantasy romance is like less so but i'm even thinking of when you were saying this ingrid i was thinking of like nilini singh where she's got her two very robust worlds. She's got the Psy Changeling world, and then she's got the Archangels. And it starts with, each series starts with one kind of very specific idea or arc with, like, the basic world building. Like, this is how things function. And it's very well thought out. But it's also robust enough that as the series progresses, things can unravel yeah in different ways. and then But, yeah, she only writes... She publishes one of those a year.
Fantasy Worlds: Well-Built vs. Rushed
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um And they're not fully, like fantasy books are typically like 500 pages. I know my husband was just reading ah the Brandon Sanderson series that was really popular that i don't even know because I'm not a fantasy person. And and like Brandon Sanderson. All of them are a thousand pages. Yeah. They're all a thousand pages. Yeah. And that is a significantly larger commitment and job than 384 page Well, and yeah so i just just to point out, you know, fun when Onyx Storm came out for the fourth wing, not to get super into this, but, you know, when Onyx Storm came out for fourth wing, um the turnarounds for her book, I think it was like 14 months between, which is banana pants. And it was the same thing. A lot of readers were like, you know, it was really good, but like nothing happened. You know what i mean? Like it was a good book, but it the plot didn't really like move a lot.
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um But I think that one had better better reception than, for example, the brimstone Callie Hart wrote Quicksilver, which was, you know, another book talk book. Everybody loved it. 12 month turnaround.
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She releases the second one. And largely, I mean, the response has been mixed but um a lot of it is just that there were some really obvious plot holes that there were it could have used a lot more developmental editing it didn't have the same kind of world building feel and so I one of the things I'm kind of like putting my finger on the pulse of is is romanticity one of those things where it's kind of like
Social Media's Impact on Book Quality
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the perfect storm storm is the bubble gonna pop for romanticity because it's kind of the perfect storm if you've got these books that require significant copy editing and world building if it's like the
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lead time on these books takes longer and we're crunching it because the demand, demand, demand from book talk and social media is so high. You know, I'm seeing lots of people saying like they're they're not unable to start and finish a book because they're just fed up with like the quality of some of these books that they're finding. So anyway. Yeah. Well, but I think part of it is. So this is like yeah it's just, you know, if it's your first book or the first book in a series that you sell, you've probably spent a lot of back time that we don't see. Yeah. Thinking about it. It's like you guys remember Flight of the Conchords?
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Oh, I love Light the Top. Right? Okay. And they had their repertoire songs, right? That they had been workshopping in like open mic nights and, you know, comedy shows in Australia or New Zealand.
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They're Kiwis, right? I don't know. Yeah, they're New Zealanders. New Zealand, I think, yeah. And for like 10 years, right? And then they got their show and they did their first season with all their old material. And then they did their second season which was like nonsense. And the songs weren't as good because then they had to write a whole new repertoire of songs in like less than a year. And it's the same. I feel like it's the same thing, right? where Yes. It's very much that vibe where I, and that's the vibe.
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And ah anyway, yeah. So I, yeah. So I was in the middle of slogging through the book of Asriel series when I switched to the villain book. And so it was a much needed dose of levity but I did see what you were saying where it just felt like it was kind of like not you know like when you eat a cookie and it's still a little soft in the middle and it's not soft like you know I'm gonna get some yeah yeah it's like you're like was this done that's kind of the feel that I got from the villain it was like when it was good but it it wasn't like it could have used three more minutes in the oven you know what i mean so anyway so I shouldn't I was right no I was like this probably isn't for me right but no I
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ah So, Erin, one of the reasons why I think I kind of would like you to read it is because there's all this HR stuff in it.
New Year Resolutions and Romantic Fiction Language
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It's so funny. The HR stuff is very funny. Yeah. And I will say that- Because when I went into it, I thought, you know, assistant to the villain, I thought it was like about somebody who was like Lex Luthor's assistant, right? Like a superhero, and like modern vibe.
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But it's not. She's the assistant to a fantasy villain- yeah Like in a castle. And he he's like a dark wizard. Okay. So like, what's it like to be the assistant to the dark wizard? And the bit is, it's just like a corporate environment.
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Yeah. Except sometimes the interns die. Yeah. ah so he like apparently like once a month he'll just chase the interns around and like terrorize them and he and like they keep talking about the joke is like that well they we haven't lost we only lost one last month or something like that you know what i mean and they have a in the front hall they have uh all the heads of all the people that he kills they hang up in the front hall oh my gosh um and there she comes in and she's like oh three heads today he must be in a really bad mood Yeah, stuff like that. Oh, no! Yeah. yeah and But the best part, Erin, is that there's – you know how whenever you work in an office, there's somebody who just doesn't have a sense of humor, and it's like, rolls, you know? so And it's the HR director. Yeah, so she has a colleague who's like the office wet blanket, and it's like –
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If you don't get back from lunch in 30 minutes straight, you're going to live but lose your privileges. for yeah and I was like, oh, my gosh, that is the most like, to be fair, it it nails that office vibe, that feeling of just like, oh, my God, it's really funny. So anyway, maybe I will try it. i have it You have to go into it thinking that this is like somebody's.
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like project yeah just way to well it's probably from my end just like okay i'm just whiling away some time yeah yeah it's just a pilot planter don't think too hard about it just yeah anyway so but believe it or not talking about romanticism was not my plan for today because last week i was or last time i was challenged because i was joking about nipples and but And I decided that 2026, despite my spectacular showing of not being able to stay awake after eating lasagna and flinging my coffee around the room, um it's a time for growth.
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So... So I'm going grow you know, that I like to do silly things. Today we're going to talk about and rate words that are used in rate. words. Okay. Words that are used. Where are we going with this?
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and No, not, not where you, I'm not that brave, Erin. I have a hard time. Like I have, I have a hard time.
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and saying words like nipples because I just feel like if it's underneath your bathing suit we should just pretend it's a black hole and it doesn't exist so my gosh and I just for the record I don't do that with my children i i say it very matter-of-factly proper terminology and then later I go and I'm like oh my god you know I do it the right way with my kids even though i don't like it because I'm a good parent but anyway yes Point being, yes, thank you. Point being, we're going rate some words that are used and and come up with any ones that you guys have heard. Words that refer to private parts. Oh, you have. Oh, my gosh. Yes. have words. Yes. because Wow. I have to tell you, I touched my microphone. I'm sorry, Aaron. Hopefully hopefully it doesn't mess up and you don't have to edit it.
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Anyway, because I read some doozies. I believe it. the last In the last year with all these romanticity books. But anyway. So wait, okay. you're saying that romanticity sometimes has crazier purple prose.
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I believe it does. Purple prose than the bodice rippers from the 80s that everybody likes. Whoa, I don't know about that now. I don't know about that now. Because back in the day, it was all like velvet wrapped steel and like. huh her Her lush cavern. so i I took note of some of mine and then I went on to research online and I was like I wonder what other people and I saw caverns and I was like who the heck's talking about lush caverns But apparently it's a thing. So anyway, i just I just wrote down some of the ones that I've personally seen.
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But some people out there have some wild ones that were wild. But yeah, should we start with Oh, I have three i have three categories, ladies, gentlemen, and action words. oh no let's start with the action with no we should probably know okay you gotta let me work my way up to that let's start let's start with the lady parts because those with the bits with the bit with the bits and bobs okay so the first one is core i feel like that one's relatively pretty mild that one doesn't bother me pretty boring yeah
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ah flower i do think of like something with lava though on here's the problem with core also is that core is your abs so now that's technical though no no sure it's technical like planetary core okay well that's core ex particularly nerdy but good job um No, because when you think court, but it does kind of make sense if you think about it because all of the guys in all these books have schlongs the size of baseball bats, so it probably does kind of get to her court. But I feel like usually it's used before the schlongs come out, right? It is, yeah. He says, he growls in his gravelly voice and she's like, oh, I felt that in my core. You don't mean belly, you mean like...
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yeah like Lordy, I'm growing today. You mean like vaginal opening. Anyway. All right. So then there's flower, which I think I that one always bugs me. All the ones that are like honeypot flower. Those bother me because i petals. I'm so sorry. There is That is not how they are. I'm Have you never seen a Georgia O'Keeffe painting, Ingrid?
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Sure. Okay. like Our mom has a book of Georgia O'Keeffe paintings. We grew up with that. That's what I'm saying. Okay. Yes. Yeah. okay Okay. Okay. But like you hear you see you think flower, you think like a fragrant bouquet of sweet smelling stuff. like I'm sorry. That's not really what we're going for here. like it doesn't
Technical Terms vs. Euphemisms in Fiction
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Really? Is that what you think of I think of like daisies and sunflowers, yeah which is not... i don't think like iris. Orchids. Yeah. yeah those are Those are the kind of flowers that are realistic. The ones that look like they could kill you a little bit.
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like Venus flytrap is that what you're thinking hey listen sometimes in the month that's a way closer to reality romance friends need to take note of this yeah I would love to see one of these villain books with like and have it have it be like I can't wait to get into your Venus flytrap you know what I mean really yeah but in man-eater didn't she kind of have some Venus flytrap actually did it freak you out yeah yes it did I don't like that actually you're right All right. Getting back to more relaxing ones.
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Slit and folds. I don't like either of those words. And I saw an author one time being very upset about like they are folds and then feeling like there's some like internalized misogyny going on if you don't agree with the use of this word. And the reason that think I don't.
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don't like them is because they are neither technical nor particularly sexy you know what though I think folds is a heck of a lot better than lips Yeah. Well, yeah. I don't like it was like I kissed. He kissed my lips. My nether lips. I was just like, no I don't know what to do with this information.
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I had a thought in my head and then I was like, wait a minute. and I have to redirect my thought. Wait, wait, wait. And then on top of that, so slit folds and cleft are all kind of in the same category, I think. I think that's all the same for Hollywood.
Cultural Perceptions of Anatomical Terms
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I just don't like, yeah, I would almost rather just it be used the technical term, which I, this is one of the challenges of the words though. This is okay. I think maybe you're thinking what I'm thinking too, though, Holly is I, I would almost rather it be the technical term, um but I also feel like the technical terms are not sexy. And this is not like a, this is like a,
00:19:02
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feelings thing more than a language thing I feel like i like in if I'm just talking to a person I don't care if I'm reading something that is supposed to be evoking feelings in me then that doesn't work for me the stuff that is more descriptive of I think what is happening like You want you want to get to the action words part of the list, don't you? i do. I know you do. So you're like, you know, he like put his hand, he wrapped his hand around my hips to, and reached my slit.
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Right? But like, yeah you're making faces, but he put his hands around my hips and touched my vagina. No, it would be my, yeah. I would, no, here's what it is. My labia, labia majora? Yeah. Like...
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Honestly, what I would – and I hope people don't, like, read too too much into this. But i feel like what would work the best for me is not a description of what he's touching at all, but the idea of what is happening, right? Right. You don't – And then I'm like, ooh, ooh. And then it was like, it was, in even there could be other words. I'm not totally upset with the word moist, but I, you know, like, even if there were some other words described. Yeah, what does it feel like? I don't need to know. I know what.
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Got it. you I know what's down there. Yeah, don't draw me a math. Yeah, no, thank you. That's the anatomy lesson. have to agree, yeah. I will also say this, and I will... So, because when we go to the gentleman, the guy list, you're going to notice that it's like a one-stop shop. There's only like one thing to describe, but...
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But, you know, women's but women's bodies, bodies with, they have a lot more parts. There's a lot more like, I mean, it's kind of like playing a saxophone versus like a one man band. You know and i mean? There's just a lot more going on on some bodies than other bodies. I feel like maybe you should read more MM romance. But no, you're right. I mean, there is. Yeah, that's true. I'm talking about, yes, what comparing comparing, yes. Internal, external, upper, lower,
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I was going to crack a joke about that, Erin, that maybe you don't like this list because you prefer the other list. Like whole lot more than the other one. But anyway. and Okay, because tell you that we've got the the outside bits, right? But then you have bundle of nerves, button, and nub. All the clitoris. Yeah, the clitoris. I don't hate those words, but I'm always just like... Okay. I'm sorry. I don't like nub. Like that's the word we're using today. Nub is like. Nubbin.
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Nubbin. So when I think of nub, this I think of like if you lost a finger in a farming accident and the appendix that was left is like a nub. That's what I think of. See, nubs don't bother me, but I don't like buttons. It's like, it's like, boop, turned on. Boop, boop.
00:21:58
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Yeah. like So I feel like bundle of nerves is weirdly the least off putting in that list. And then yeah, there's set, uh, sex and entrance, her sex or her entrance.
00:22:10
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I don't that's fine yeah yeah those are kind of ah aligned with what I said was like the more suggesting but not being explicit about it words right that that is more kind of in that category okay how about the paddling the pink canoe oh lord lord that's a rope also that's an action one I think okay okay that's okay For the for the ah Audi parts, um girth, shaft, rod, member, manhood, and then we have steel-wrapped velvet, which I think is from the bodice records. And, of course, more in the older stuff, sword, sheathed, that kind of thing. The worst ones for me were, oh I can hardly i can hardly do this.
00:23:04
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I believe in you. Root and man root.
00:23:11
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I just, those make, they, what did they say? it makes my gorge rise. It it makes my bowels watery. ah Just kidding. I just, I just have to use that because it cracks me up so much. I don't know if you, if you get like Sarah J Moss, all of her heroines have watery bowels. Anyway, they all need to see a gastroenterologist. Um,
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Anyway. So I don't love it. It just makes me think of 10 Things I Hated About You Allison Canny's character. Yeah. yeah, yeah. like You know, his quivering member. Yeah. um Hashtag goals. Sorry, Erin, I interrupted you. No, that's better. i was just going to say manhood.
00:23:57
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Most of those I'm just like, whatever. um oh I have two thoughts here. but So the first one I had was the thing is that manhood is my least favorite because of, I mean, there's the gender conversation, but it also kind of equates...
00:24:12
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like size and satisfaction yeah to his like his identity and that is also like meh i don't that's not but aaron we're not we're not thinking it's literally this is like a visceral like no but that's one of the reasons why i have a visceral reaction because you have like can you not it's kind of like holly's always with the gender essentialism she's always like got the ick The other thing, when you were saying like sword sheath, yeah fabulous facts. So a couple of years ago, i read A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister.
00:24:45
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And ah if you are an American, you know that the C word, cunt, is a very rude word in the United States. If you're British, it's less so. And um what I learned was that our technical words, specifically vagina, for ah female genitals are come from root words about sheaths. Yes, they're all they all reflect back to what that what the yeah, but like that it forms
Action Words in Romantic Fiction
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a sheath. And the only word that doesn't is cunt.
00:25:19
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So what's the etymology of cunt? I'm curious. do you remember? I think it's I think it's like goes so far back it's Norse because it's a it's a hard C word. um So I don't think that they 100 she didn't I don't think she's specific. but it was like completely separate from okay sorry another book these greek and latin words but erin but um erin and holly um erin if you because i know you read that if the i was given a book in college called cunt a declaration of independence by inga muscio muscio oh yeah i read that in college also it has the same fact in it i it was game changer i love that book anyway um so anyway that's another one but we have to get on to because we're running out of time we need to get on to the action words which are the worst words
00:26:03
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And phrases of all of them. Yes. And I only have couple because I literally. i also have masculine words just that quickly to share with you to get your immediate reactions from my um i'm reading. How do we feel about cum gutters?
00:26:15
Speaker
Oh, oh, God. i Banjo string? what it I can don't even know what that is. What is a banjo string? That's the little piece of skin. oh crap. All my anatomy words are abandoning me right now. You're talking about his taint? No, no, no. The little piece of skin um that you can see on a circumcised... Like underneath the... Underneath every the mushroom. Yeah.
00:26:40
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Also, like, mushroom head is frequently... Oh, yeah. Which I also don't like because you bite mushrooms off. Yeah. you know what mean yeah yeah I agree with that anyway okay please continue sorry okay sorry uh apparently the etymology of cunt is highly debated and uh when you get to really really old words it's really hard I mean there's like a lot of so what you're saying is that's gonna be that's we're gonna have that tumble reads coming up then about cunts all right let's go all right I'm hating every moment of this but the action words that came to mind okay we're gonna start with all the screaming for start screaming
00:27:16
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Because I don't know about you, but I feel like if my neighbors, I've lived in apartments, if people were actually screaming during sex, you would freaking know about it.
00:27:29
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Yeah. It's not real. We don't do that. Anyway. All the screaming. So that's the first one. Oh, God. Okay. The honey and the nectar business. but like that. yes Just for like the... Just the description, the action of the taste of it. Yes. Just the... every time i read stuff like that or we talk about it i think about that part in the vagina monologues where it's like it's supposed to smell like but yeah that's supposed to smell like flowers yeah yeah yeah like you may have some you may need to see a doctor if that's the case anyway um like i would be concerned anyway never mind we won't go there
00:28:08
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ah ah Okay, here's the two that i I only had four because I literally had to stop. But you guys can to add in because we're almost out of time here. But ah weeping. yeah That's what wounds do and eyeballs do. Not privates.
00:28:22
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if If your privates are weeping, you need to see a doctor. Because I'm sorry. But when when I hear weeping at either side, usually it's the guy. But off, I've seen girl too. And i think the invisible word next to weeping is always pus. Oh, I i agree. I would associate that with wounds more than maybe tears, but wounds definitely. Cause one is more passive and one's more active. And then the last one, because I have to get this out or I won't be able to do it. It's the, it's the, it is literally my least favorite. When I see it, I immediately get like an automatic nausea response. I, I cannot describe to you how much I hate this. And it comes up the first, I think traumatizing memory of this was in one of Aaron's recommendations for books. Oh God.
00:29:06
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Ropes have come. Oh, I also just like oh my god I cannot describe to you the level to which I hate I hate that phrase see I feel like it's so evocative though right it is because it is it always happens when evocative my gorge he like comes on her chest And it's like ropes and it's like binding them together. It's like, it's very- Oh man, you're really reading into it. i feel like it's just a very clear visual. I can visualize it i perfectly. stomach just flipped over. It's a very clear visual, but I feel like there is some like connection. like Ropes connect things together. They tie things together.
00:29:48
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Okay. never thought about that. And if you mark someone with ropes of calm- don't want to think about it. You are- connected on a deeper level. I am sure, Holly, that the scenes that are talking about rope... You don't know. Hey, hey, writing. I'm sure the author is like, we need to show connection here. Yes! I'm going to have him...
00:30:08
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Yes!...expel large quantities of... No, no, no....propriational material. Because says he came all over her chest, that's that's different. It's the same... That's not connected. It's the same image. Yeah. I'm sure it's about connection, Holly, and not just a way to talk about the vast quantity of it. You could just say...
Personal Growth and Humorous Anecdotes
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loads i don't like that either loads is kind of the first word i don't like that either thank you for adding one to the list to loads i don't like either of them actually what in i just read a book and um it is fae obviously and um fae fae you can't procreate until like something happens like way like well into adulthood and so until that happens nothing comes out when they come and i was like this is the best book i've ever read but Just don't describe it. I don't want to know. Like, no, thank you. I could go in the dark on that. That's a personal thing.
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Anyway, anything else you guys want to add about action words? I had to stop because I was like, I don't, I can't do this anymore. I mean, if you really challenged me, I'm sure I could find some exceptional ones. And I have before. I'll see if I can find it. That one that I think We'll have a follow up. you remember i sent you that reddit thread that was like guys and it was like everybody's words are like statements in um like the most outrageous ones that they'd ever found and some people like keep track of it and some of them were so funny bless me i wish i could do that i one of us needs to start doing that but it's not gonna be sounds like another half more work
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yeah Well, if anyone should do it, it's you, Erin. Do you still have have it, Erin, saved somewhere? Well, I texted it at the group chat, so at least I can find it in the group chat. Okay, we'll put it I'll put it in the show notes, guys. yeah Anyway, i hope if anyone else – now, listen, i'm I'm not a Debbie Downer here. I genuinely do. It's going to be uncomfortable for me, but I genuinely do want to hear if anybody – any listeners have heard crazy what crazy things – They have heard what terminology because I think it's absolutely it's kind of like Mad Libs because it's like, ah what can we call this? I don't know. And now I will forever think of the Alice and Janney part from 10 Things I Hate About You because that is what I picture authors doing sometimes when they try to like do something fresh. You know, like I'm not going to use the words everyone else uses. I'm going to use this one. And then I'm like, no that didn't.
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No, not that one. Not that one. Oh, you know what else has been bothering me lately is when people eat each other's mouths. like, that's. Oh, yeah. No. What are you doing? Stop.
00:32:40
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Stop. No, there's a reason why i feel like people learn how to kiss pretty quickly. And it's because that beginning phase where you're eating someone's face. Nobody likes that. That's not. Yeah. Good. My younger kid.
00:32:52
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is like really into giving kisses, but also eating my face. I'm like, you're sick. You should be over this by now. Yeah. That's like, you know, when, when babies are teeing. Just me. just Yeah. It's a mom. Yeah. So, you know, that's what, yeah that's what I would picture too.
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is babies trying to teethe on your face. yeah So yeah, no, I'm not into that. Anyway. Well, thank you for this experience, Ingrid. I'm glad you're growing this year. I can't wait until next time. I only get better and better. Yes, maybe next year i can have an even worse list for everyone. But um Anyway, yes, someday, perhaps. This is why so i've I've been asked because I have a background in writing and then um i do this now and people have asked me like, well, would you ever write a romance novel? And I always laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh because i've i have a really difficult time when I'm asked direct questions of the gynecologist being like,
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Yes or no, because i <unk> I'm so uncomfortable talking about this stuff. Anyway. So so just can I also just share? That is not uncommon at all. my One of my book clubs, as Holly mentioned, I'm in like a thousand book clubs. That's not true. It's just two. But one of my book clubs, our theme for the month is New Year, New Uteri. Oh, I love this.
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And so um for this month, we read... um Oh, no. What it was it? It's Not Hysteria, Everything You Need to Know About Reproductive Health by Karen Tang. And it was very informative. And she talks about how to approach things or what to expect since so many people have trouble verbalizing this or don't know. She said her husband teaches a class and he starts with this class going over basic anatomy. And it is shocking how many college students don't understand basic reproductive anatomy. bananas anyway it's gonna get worse anyway holly were you gonna say we're gonna make i don't remember not important sorry anyway point being i'm growing and yes we went late because this was such a fun conversation yeah so anyway that's all she wrote um notes and business things on the site the things that holly says maybe holly should just say it
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