this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy

Much like the term balls, which are only on the inside, has come to be colloquially used as a synecdoche for "testicles and scrotum", vagina gets used the same way to encompass "vagina and vulva". Besides, the clinical definition of vulva includes the vaginal opening, so it's not exactly a huge leap to the colloquialism.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah yeah, but vulva is the whole bouquet and I’m doing my part to change the mindset

Vul-va! Vul-va! Vul-va! lol