Someday I learned….

Aug 16, 2026 12:50 AM

I actually learned this a few months ago, but there’s no snazzy acronym for that.
The term “pussy” has nothing to do with the vulva/vagina. How it came to be associated with the vulva/vagina is still a mystery of misogyny. It’s ironic and expected that the people that use the term “pussy” are the ones least likely to know where it came from.

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It was pusillanimous: every cat in the rom agreed.

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The term has multiple possible origins for each use.

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Coincidence, it comes from the description of cats and builds from there (puss in boots). Read here for detail, no need for me to simply regurgitate https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=24012

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that's Pusillanimous Pip-squeak you Nickel-plated Nincompoop

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Almost certainly not true, but an interesting coincidence.

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