word choice

The Language of Literary Sex

by Keira 11.17.2010

For this article we’re going to skip over the titillating parts about raging tumescence and disintegrating virginal barriers otherwise known as land of frankness and euphemisms. We won’t be discussing weeping fluids, honey, dew, or the elixir of love. We’re doing this American and bypassing all foreplay and going straight for the mechanics of making [...]

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Romance Novels Will Improve Your Vocabulary

by Keira 09.24.2010

Non-romance readers are probably thinking, that’s a pretty bold statement to make. Additionally they’re probably snorting derisively and thinking about all the euphemisms used across much of genre for sexual congress and body parts. Well they’re not wrong about the wide variety of clever (and not so clever) terminology we’ve developed for ourselves, but they [...]

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