snippa

Swedish

Etymology

Partly derived from snopp (“penis”), the male equivalent. Gained mainstream popularity in Sweden since the early 21st century.[1][2] Supported due to a need for neutral terminology.

Noun

snippa c

  1. (childish, colloquial) the female genitalia
    Antonym: snopp

Declension

Declension of snippa
nominative genitive
singular indefinite snippa snippas
definite snippan snippans
plural indefinite snippor snippors
definite snipporna snippornas

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Leah Kaminsky (4 June 2018) “The case for renaming women's body parts”, in BBC Future‎[1], BBC:
    In 2000, social worker Anna Kostztovics was concerned at the lack of fundamental gender equality embedded in her native Swedish language. She pointed out that boys had a non-sexualised word for their genitals – ‘snopp’, a widely-used term roughly equivalent to the English term ‘willy’ – while girls did not. She popularised the use of a new word, ‘snippa’, as the female equivalent.
  2. ^ Richard Orange (1 August 2015) “Sweden invents a word for girls’ genitals equivalent to ‘willy’ for boys”, in The Guardian

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