The Poetry of Talking Dirty
In the final paragraph of his post, Missing Discourse For Intercourse, Figleaf makes the following request:
I know I can't possibly be the first person to bring this up (this isn't the first time I've brought it up either.) But I'm realizing it's a big deal. And that finding and using some nice, earthy, evocative, preferably Anglo-Saxon (or even just Anglo-Saxon *sounding*) words for it would be an even bigger deal.
Yes, it is a big deal, and the truth is that if you want to be a good lover or a good poet you have to learn to talk dirty. And the best dirty are the single syllable Anglo-Saxon words for all the messy business of being alive and being human.
Forget those weak Latinate cousins: fellate will not get you going like lick or suck. If you want to vary the length of your strokes, stay on the Middle English side of the fence so you can easily dip or daub.
If you want more help to flesh this out, here you go:
gush
gulp
grab
grasp
grip
hold
slip
slide
suck
Note: Talking dirty is not as easy as it sounds. Tess Danesi is teaching a course on talking sexy (dirty included). Perhaps if Figleaf will ask nicely (or not-so-nicely), Tess could be persuaded to help him with his homework. ;-)
It's good to see you back, Kochanie. I hope this means your health situation is going better.
All of your words sound right, somehow. ("Engulf", "ensconce", "envelope" and their ilk make me feel like someone who would say "yoni" and "intertwining". Not to dump on people who use those words in the privacy of their own bedrooms, but it's not my style. I already smell faintly of patchouli as it is.)
Too bad I am on the wrong side of the world for the Tess Daniel thing; it sounds like fun.
[Better yes, but each day is a bit of a challenge, P. Burke, so thank you for the kind words. Tess' last name is Danesi, not Daniels (both the first and last names are her nom de plume. While you cannot be there for her class, I would recommend that you visit her blog, Urban Gypsy. Her fiction, particularly the The Daray Tales, is moist-making. ;-) -- Kochanie]