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to think there's no good word equivalent of willy for girls

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OwlinaTree · 13/09/2014 21:05

Friends are trying to think of a word to teach their 2yo girl for the private parts. AIBU to think there's no female equivalent to willy for a boy? Anybody got an idea what word to use?

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HeartShapedBox · 14/09/2014 00:49

I'd rather be mimsy than my child be suspended for swearing.

TinyDancingHoofer · 14/09/2014 00:50

Gosh, fanny is really rude this end of london. Only slightly less so than pussy! It would be like a little boy talking about his cock.

Bits, privates, Minnie or noonie were the most common at the summer club I've been working at.

squoosh · 14/09/2014 01:09

Is it swearing if that's the term the child uses?

HeartShapedBox · 14/09/2014 01:15

where I live squoosh, its a swear word as much as shit, fuck, dick etc and any parent would be Blush Blush Blush Blush Blush Blush Blush Blush Blush Blush Blush if their child said it.

kormasutra · 14/09/2014 01:20

We have always used " flower" with dd who is 3.7.
Don't know how it started but it has stuck.
Her brother has a widgy:)

kormasutra · 14/09/2014 01:26

Just to add, my friend used to refer to her daughter's vagina as a "flute" wtf!
Imagine the poor kid in music lessons at school:)

GatoradeMeBitch · 14/09/2014 02:06

The one I detest is 'front bum'. Are there little girls walking around who believe they have two arses?

There was no euphemism for my 'bits' as far as I can remember. I don't think DM acknowledged that I had a vagina once I was out of nappies. I grew up in a horribly repressed Irish Catholic family. Horribly repressed for the only daughter anyway. This is off-topic, but once we were all watching a stand up comedian on TV and he was doing a bit about how his girlfriends' parents came to visit and he was dying to ask them 'to piss off so I can fuck your daughter.' On that line my parents went dead quiet, turned and gave me the dirtiest look like I was a huge slut for being a daughter - that disgusting type of person that men wanted to fuck.

So, no I did not have a flower or a tuppence!

BogStandardOldWoman · 14/09/2014 07:35

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littlejohnnydory · 14/09/2014 09:04

'Girly bits'.

Fanny is the equivalent of dick or cock here too!

StillFrigginRexManningDay · 14/09/2014 09:23

I call it a fanny although dd3 insists its a weewee.

icanmakeyouicecream · 14/09/2014 09:31

We use front bottom.

If specifically asked the name we would say vulva, and penis if my son asked.

moxon · 14/09/2014 09:32

Wilma is so fab, norks!

OwlinaTree · 14/09/2014 09:54

Only problem with Wilma is there is a Wilma in the Oxford reading tree books. That could cause some confusion at school!

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however · 14/09/2014 09:57

It was always 'fanny' here. But the girls changed it to 'privates' I think possibly because that's what was used by other school kids.

ApocalypseThen · 14/09/2014 09:57

The one I detest is 'front bum'. Are there little girls walking around who believe they have two arses?

I hate it too. It manages being twee, bafflingly incorrect and vaguely revolting at the same time. I heard recently of a teacher referring to a girl's front bottom to her parents. I'd be furious if such a ludicrous term was being taught to a child of mine in school.

MyFairyKing · 14/09/2014 10:00

Fanny is rude from where I am. It's nowhere near on the same level as twat or cunt but most people would be taken aback to hear a small child use the word 'fanny' in that context.

I don't mind the twee names but I really, really hate front bottom. It makes me cringe.

seasavage · 14/09/2014 10:02

My HV friend has a list of names used for genitals by families (mostly she'd prefer actual medical names). Twinkle/ sparkle are the ones that make me Hmm. They are names for ponies I think. I've taught them to say vagina, and that (much like investigating it) is really a private topic.

Sallystyle · 14/09/2014 10:07

We use vagina/vulva here for the most part but sometimes they call it their gina.

Growing up I had a winky.

If my girls said the word fanny they would be told off for using a horrible word.

Tipsykisses · 14/09/2014 10:26

Dd called hers pee pee when little .

Ds calls his willy and calls his testicles his goonies or recently dewberries , I assume that's a term he's heard in school !

KittiesInsane · 14/09/2014 10:36

You sure it's dewberries and not doobries, as in 'wotsitsnames', Tipsy?

Tipsykisses · 14/09/2014 10:39

Kittiesinsane yes that's it !

I know how it sounds when he says it but wasn't sure how I should write it Grin

The way you've written it is exactly how it sounds !

Stealthpolarbear · 14/09/2014 11:02

It was honestly harder to name her bits than it was to name her.
Pmsl!! Also love grey ladys go and tell your mum to tell you to stop touching yourself :o

Front bottom here

HalfPintPickle · 14/09/2014 14:27

Ours are Mooey's in this house. I think it came about as a cross between foof and some other word I can't remember!!! I find the word Fanny is quite crude coming from little children. Not sure why though.

Empireofdirt · 14/09/2014 14:45

Where I come from, fanny isn't rude at all. Where mil comes from it is, I discovered, a completely different matter. Mil was appalled, and it took a little while to work out what on earth dd had said, as mil would not repeat the word. Was quite relieved when the penny finally dropped.

Will switch to private area/privates, until dd asks anything specific, at which point I'll get all anatomical on her ass.

SolidSnake · 14/09/2014 14:58

It was Lulu when I was young... Which a lot of people call me as a nickname now since it's derivative of my first name. It's something I have a lot of mixed feelings about haha

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