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by Funkmon , Friday, August 21, 2015, 16:39 (3479 days ago) @ Claude Errera
edited by Funkmon, Friday, August 21, 2015, 16:53

I don't use it that often. Dislike the word. It is interesting to know it was the actual correct and most common word for people to use for that body part from middle English until the Victorians decided it wasn't right. It used to be in childrens' rhymes about parts of the body, and makes I think 3 appearances in Canterbury Tales. The amazing part is how it went from THE WORD to completely taboo in just a few decades.

EDIT: before someone calls me on it. In Shakespeare and other modern English appearances it was often avoided and implied with wordplay. So we're references to male parts. It doesn't make the word obscene, just not usual to say in those situations. The word was still not only common, but proper.