I'm just reading a psychology book where the author talks about indirect communication. He opines that we use euphemisms for lots of things to say something and not say it at the same time, and that even the "proper" terms for our genitals aren't even English - they're Latin - as a result of our prudery.
I' note that even the Latin word "vagina" is also indirect, meaning "sheath, scabbard".
I'm just reading a psychology book where the author talks about indirect communication. He opines that we use euphemisms for lots of things to say something and not say it at the same time, and that even the "proper" terms for our genitals aren't even English - they're Latin - as a result of our prudery.
I' note that even the Latin word "vagina" is also indirect, meaning "sheath, scabbard".
I’ve never heard that one!