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Old 12-20-2011, 11:50 PM   #651
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I would hardly recognize you otherwise, miss!

I agree, cunt is both an unlovely word in and of itself and one which carries a whole lot of ugly, insulting baggage. The only way I could use it in a love scene is if I wrote hetero my couple liked talking dirty to one another, which we sometimes do.

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Old 12-21-2011, 12:25 AM   #652
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I used 'wellspring' in a scene not long ago, and it fit so perfectly with the settings and emotions that it nearly made me cry.
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Old 12-21-2011, 05:22 PM   #653
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I rarely have that happen with an emotional response, but sometimes the use of a single word can create a sexual or humorous response.

If I'm lucky.

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Old 12-21-2011, 05:26 PM   #654
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I hate the word cunt unless it's used in anger
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Old 12-21-2011, 06:27 PM   #655
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That's the only time I use it.
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Old 12-22-2011, 07:37 AM   #656
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It's funny how so many dislike the use of "cunt". Personally, I find the connotations of "pussy" far worse. I think I used it once, and only because it was in a bid for a mainstream market.
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Old 12-23-2011, 03:56 PM   #657
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I love, love, love the word cunt.

To me, it's a strong word, where as 'pussy' is a soft word. I use both, really, but for me, I just looove cunt. Cunny is adorable, as well.

Then again, I don't tend towards romance and lean more towards rough.

I don't like childish terms, like 'hotdog' for penis, or 'cookie' for vagina, though.
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Old 01-04-2012, 12:11 PM   #658
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Old 01-04-2012, 06:46 PM   #659
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"Molten core". The first thing that comes to mind is the Earth's core, and nothing ruins the mood for me faster then geology.
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Old 01-04-2012, 09:19 PM   #660
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Oh, I don't know. Math may be worse, or one's older child softly chanting, "Eat it, eat it, eat it, eeeeat it!" in the baby's room.

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Old 01-15-2012, 01:06 PM   #661
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Personally hate anything with the word love in it.

'love bucket', 'love rod', 'love slime...'
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Old 01-18-2012, 03:58 PM   #662
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Ha ha. This thread is brilliant.
Okay, my turn.
The worst line I've ever read is something along the lines of 'he rubbed her womb juices into her folds.'
Urgh. Womb juices and folds. *shudders*
And it was kind of a hot scene until that bit, damn it.
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Old 01-18-2012, 05:08 PM   #663
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Ugh. Womb juices is pretty awful. But I'm biased against the word womb's appearance in erotica.

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Old 01-18-2012, 05:16 PM   #664
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: if I was gettin' nekkit with a man and he "filled my womb with his juices", I'd be straight on the phone to my gynae, 'cause there would be a fuckton of wrongness in my genitals.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: if I was gettin' nekkit with a man and he "filled my womb with his juices", I'd be straight on the phone to my gynae, 'cause there would be a fuckton of wrongness in my genitals.
Ahahah yes quite. Note to new erotica writers: womb=/=vagina.
And folds are for laundry.
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Old 01-19-2012, 08:40 AM   #666
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Laughing my *ass* off
Took almost a day to read this whole forum, you guys had me laughing so bad.

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Old 01-19-2012, 04:52 PM   #667
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Excellent thread, but it's given me pause. All my favorites seem to be turn offs with my potential audience.

Gash, Snatch, Twat, Axe wound, bacon strip. Hardly sensual

I suppose if one slips it in, its usually implicit where it has gone. Thank goodness for Ctrl & H.


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Welcome to you, WriterDude. My go-to words are in this thread too. Which is just too, too bad, because I'm still going there.

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Staying in the region of Vaginaville, I don't like the word 'cunt' in erotic romance. It's a harsh word, often used as an insult, and very jarring to read in what are often supposed to be love scenes.
Same here, but I still don't like them in just sex scenes though. I just don't like that word.

Mating tool(or anything else with "Mating" in it). I know that....there are inventive words for the male anatomy, and that the list of words can get even larger when dealing with Science Fiction or Fantasy. However, I still don't like that word.

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: if I was gettin' nekkit with a man and he "filled my womb with his juices", I'd be straight on the phone to my gynae, 'cause there would be a fuckton of wrongness in my genitals.
I just want you to know that I had fight myself not to literally laugh out loud.

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Ahahah yes quite. Note to new erotica writers: womb=/=vagina.
And folds are for laundry.
I could be wrong, but I think writers try to use "womb" to say how "deep" a guy was/is. I mean it's still wrong, but I think that's their logic behind it.
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I haven't read much erotica, unfortunately. The last one I read (I forget the title) had a word so jarring that it made me stop reading half way through.

The woman's breasts were described as "monstrous"--I suppose meaning large. But... yeah... bad mental images.
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Ahahah yes quite. Note to new erotica writers: womb=/=vagina.
And folds are for laundry.
The funny thing is, the womb juices and folds quote was from a big-time author.
Oh, and I'm not telling...
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I haven't read much erotica, unfortunately. The last one I read (I forget the title) had a word so jarring that it made me stop reading half way through.

The woman's breasts were described as "monstrous"--I suppose meaning large. But... yeah... bad mental images.
Eek, that makes me imagine a pair of breasts with red eyes and a mouth full of sharp teeth.
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Gash, Snatch, Twat, Axe wound, bacon strip. Hardly sensual
I happen to think bacon anything can't be that bad...

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The woman's breasts were described as "monstrous"--I suppose meaning large. But... yeah... bad mental images.
No kidding. I've never liked large breasts, anyway. If I have to move them aside, or if she's lying on her back, and her breasts are in her armpits, then ick.
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I cannot stand the word womb in filthy-speak. Just did a crit on one that used it too. bah hahaha.
Creme too. Seems like you should be able to do better than creme.

I love love love the word cunt. Put me in a spreader-bar and grab a fistful of my hair, Master LOL
But uh ya. I wouldn't try that in an argument. I can throw a lets-see-the-bottom-of-your-shoes, right cross.

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I think if properly done, one doesn't need these words. Sensation is king.
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Same here, but I still don't like them in just sex scenes though. I just don't like that word.
If you encounter 'that word,' does it put you off to the extent that you stop reading?
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