poontang

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Origin uncertain. Likely from French putain (prostitute).[1][2] Compare Jamaican Creole punani (female genitalia); also Tagalog putang ina (contemptible person, literally prostitute-mother) from Spanish puta (prostitute).

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poontang (countable and uncountable, plural poontangs)

  1. (US, colloquial, vulgar) Female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.
  2. (US, slang, vulgar, uncountable) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
  3. (US, slang, vulgar, dated, derogatory, offensive) A woman, especially when discussed from a heavily sexualized, sexist, and misogynist perspective.

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  1. ^ Eric Partridge (2005) “poontang”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1522:[] it almost certainly comes from the French putain (prostitute).
  2. ^ poontang n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present