Just "cringeworthy euphemisms", I guess

Is there a name for the charge of using weird euphemisms? (Mildly NSFW) by Discofurby on 2021-10-30 06:33:32 UTC Reply

I've found it all over the show. For instance:

The infamous "thingie in you-know-what" scenes from My Immortal.
Some stories use baby words (like saying, "pee-pee" instead of "penis").
In the mission "Illogical in All the Right Ways", Christianne and Eledwhen complain about male Tolkein elves' penises being referred to as "elfhoods" in badfics.
Perhaps worst of all, I once read a badfic that referred to a woman's crotch as "the place where a penis would be if she was a man".

Ah, yes, elfhoods. by Lily Winterwood on 2021-10-31 03:24:11 UTC Reply

IIRC it's LotR Bad Slash in the 2000s that's mostly guilty of it? (If you google "lotr elfhood slash" you might get some results) Not sure if they are still using the term, but also I think people have moved away from using "manhood" anyway.
Just "cringeworthy euphemisms", I guess by Ki no Shirayuki on 2021-10-30 13:38:39 UTC Reply

Bonus: "throbbing gigglestick", "private wahoo", 'lil' (character name)", "lavender man-fruit thing", "pot of honey". All real.

I got a ripe one by Ki no Shirayuki on 2021-10-30 16:44:00 UTC Reply

"Honey walls", referring to female anatomy. The same bad poem fic also describes the Sue's eyes as giving off a "brown sugar gaze" and her body as having "molasses limbs" and "burnt sugared lips". The Word World will have a field day with this one.