Down There

12 Apr 2004 By

When Dooce opens up the comments, it’s always a rockin’ good time. Now she’s asking what you called your private parts as a kid.

I never used it as a kid, but I’m a big fan of bottom system. I’m amazed by the number of front bum and front butt answers. I’ve never heard that before. I also like the “business area” and “transaction” metaphor. But my favorites so far are puffed wheat, betweens, and undercarriage, with twiffy and DMZ as close runners up.

So spill it! I honestly can’t remember using anything other than vagina as a kid, but I currently employ the use of hooha and the occasional cooter.

  • http://www.contractorpeon.com/blog glenn

    puffed wheat? That’s disgusting. It doesn’t help that I couldn’t stand the cereal.

    My aunt (who was my daycare) always bought this nasty ass unsweteened generic store brand puffed wheat. It sucked.

  • http://www.blueroomlounge.com Brent

    DMZ. I like it. Demilitarized Zone. Although, I can recall a few times in life hoping to have some military hardware down there to keep some skanky, nasty guys away from me. Somehow, I just don’t think torpedo, missile, or armored projectile seems to work quite as well (despite being more descriptive).

    Brent!
    BRL, Inc.

  • http://www.mysocalledblog.com Lachlan

    LOL… all I can think of is “down there”. I don’t recall having any euphemisms, although I’m sure the kids in my neighborhood did.

  • http://www.angelagilesklocke.com/blogs/expresslane.shtml Angela Giles Klocke

    “Hooha” and “You Know, There.” :) Now, with my own daughter, we go between vagina and tootie, which messes with me every time I catch a re-run of The Facts of Life, which is more interesting now that I’ve written that. On the other hand, I find it interesting how embarrassed I feel in a doctor’s office if I try to use the real terms, yet I can’t use nicknames either. Sheesh…

  • http://www.the-enigma.net/blog Enigma

    i decided to copy my ans for your amusement.

    front:
    female- funny box or bacoochie (hey that’s what my mom told me. bacoochie came from my granny.) when i learned how to use a dictionary, i demanded to know the right name. then i ran around for weeks singing vagina, especially in public.

    male- ding aling. where does that come from? you pull it, no bell rings. i don’t get it.

    back:
    butt or heinie (sometimes heinie hole)

  • http://www.swirlspice.com Erica

    *snicker*

  • http://coconnell.blogspot.com Casey

    Ohmygod, this is a tough one. I honestly can’t remember having any conscious realization of my junk until I was well into the late elementary school years. My little brother definitely had a wee-wee, but I don’t believe the area that I now call Virginia (falsely) had a name.

  • http://coconnell.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_coconnell_archive.html#108182380248161949 All I’m Saying

    Drawing Such a Blank

    Erica is having a bit of an interesting discussion on her blog. The main thread actually comes from Dooce. The gist of the whole thing boils down to what you called your naughty bits when you were a kid. You know, your wedding tackle? Your wazoo? You…

  • http://www.blownfuse.us Tiffany

    *snort!*

    I think the term used by my family was “poo-poo.” Considering it now, it makes me feel dirty. Ewwww….

  • http://www.dawnpennington.com dawn

    Hmm. I always said “cockpit.” My family always used the word “beaver.” Drove me nuts, hearing my elders use a word I only see in porn titles.