Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

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Ever searched in a patients' room for what you thought she said she needed to "watch her pocketbook" , she staring at you and you staring at her. Then finally saying, mam what color is your pocketbook because I don't see a pocket book here. Only to have her say, no get my washtub out of the drawer, my washcloth and soap. I always like to wash my pocketbook before I go anywhere. Especially down for tests. And close that curtain, too. Then you say, Oh. ;)

I have heard three people call it a coochie in the last week. I don't know why lady parts is a scary word for people... I have also heard memberes called "Wee willy winkies" twice.

Pronounced "Who who" aka member. :) Also tallywacker.

steph

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When assisting a female in the shower, she said that I could wash her back, she would take care of her 'bush'.

Have heard member called a 'ding-dong' and 'ding-a-ling'.

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Specializes in M/S, OB, Ortho, ICU, Diabetes, QA/PI.

I've heard female parts referred to as "cooter", "cookie", "wazoo", "coochie", "box", "nethers"

I've heard male parts referred to as "wing-wang", "johnson", "stick", "pee nee" - sometimes it's hard to keep a straight face especially with the people that you know really don't know the real words.... :rotfl:

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I've heard female parts referred to as "cooter", "cookie", "wazoo", "coochie", "box", "nethers"

I've heard male parts referred to as "wing-wang", "johnson", "stick", "pee nee" - sometimes it's hard to keep a straight face especially with the people that you know really don't know the real words.... :rotfl:

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ok, I picked up a silly term that all encompasses the female genitalia, and unfortunately passed it on to my young daughter. She knows the proper names for all of the parts, but when referring to the general area, we call it her "hoopy". We were in the doctor's office for her annual exam, and when she was going to discuss a problem with that area, I was mortified the word "hoopy" was going to come out of her mouth. Luckily for me she said "lady parts" perfectly.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Call Center RN.

I have one friend who calls her areolas here "cookies" derived from thinking they were called Oreos. Another friend calls a member a Peen, and lady parts a peach. Good grief.

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

Years ago when I was working nights in LTC, one of my residents, Silda, came up to me as I was passing meds and said "Hello, dear". She was quite the sweet Southern lady who, in her pre-dementia days, probably wouldn't have said SH** if she had a mouthful---she had impeccable manners and a drawl that 50 years in Oregon hadn't been able to erase. Well, when I asked her how she was doing, she said in her usual conversational tone, "Oh, Ah'm doing very well, thank you, sweetheart, but mah p**** hurts." :chuckle (Turned out she had a UTI.)

Then there's my now 13-year-old son, who used to call breasts "listens". When he was little, he had severe asthma and at the first sign of trouble, I'd whip out the steth and check his breath sounds.......guess he made a connection between the chest area and what I was doing ("I need to listen to your lungs, Ben"). :)

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

:chuckle Mmmm, funny!! :chuckle

During my CNA clinicals, I was giving one lady in a nursing home a shower when she asked me to wash her "sisters" as well. I didn't know what in the world she was talking about, and wondered if she perhaps had a touch of dementia, when she finally clarified. Her "sisters" were her breasts! My fellow student and I thought it was so cute, and so whenever some sweet old lady asks me to clean that particular area, I can't help but think of them as her "sisters"! :rotfl:

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Had a lady complete a health questionnaire and stated she had had "a hysterical rectum". Imagine my relief when I learned she actually had had a hysterectomy.

That is soooo funny. :rotfl:

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That is soooo funny. :rotfl:

What about the guy that called his a "Whangor"

mv

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In nursing school, my friend couldn't say the anatomical names so she called them "Bamm Bamm"- testes, "Fred"-member, and "Pebbles"-breasts "Wilma"-lady parts... I couldn't even remember all the names I heard them called as a CNA!

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In nursing school, my friend couldn't say the anatomical names so she called them "Bamm Bamm"- testes, "Fred"-member, and "Pebbles"-breasts "Wilma"-lady parts... I couldn't even remember all the names I heard them called as a CNA!

I know. It just depends upon what region of the country you are in.

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