Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The reproductive organs, especially the external sex organs.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- The sexual organs; especially, the external sexual organs; the genitalia.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of genitalia.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.
WordNet 3.0
- n. external sex organ
Etymologies
- Translation of Latin genitālia; see genitalia. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“They did drop the word "genitals" once, but that's just because it was quoted in the official police report.”
“Any penetration, however slight, of a woman's genitals, is sufficient carnal knowledge, whether emission occurs or not.”
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II
“I also find it interesting that the symbol used to cover up these naked guys 'genitals is "Kim," which means "gold" or "money.”
“If Medusa's head takes the place of the representation of the female genitals, or rather if it isolates their horrifying effects from the pleasuregiving ones, it may be recalled that displaying the genitals is familiar in other connections as an apotropaic act.”
“It’s absolutely ridiculous that the presence or absence of a certain set of genitals is assumed to grant you some kind of inherent ability to perform a certain task, or an inborn desire to act a certain way.”
“The widespread concern in Thinh Tri with respect to boys’ genitals is related to the symbolism of blood, which does not mean the same with regard to females and males.”
“Whether he has actually gone through a complete surgical procedure to remove his genitals is a mystery.”
“They talk about the controversial naked Rolling Stone cover, calling their genitals "bits.”
“I've actually had a short published in which I used the word genitals instead of gentle.”
“Exposure of the genitals is a violation of Florida Statute 800.03.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘genitals’.
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Dumbisms
Words and phrases I don't like. They are dumb.
re-look, good to go, reinvent the wheel, do what, ducks in a row, re-up, twofer, irregardless, repurpose, ballyhoo, bells and whistles, webinar and 55 more...
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words I have an irrational and burnin...
celesbian, crouch, perez hilton, slop, lotus boob, anal fissure, eat out, crotch, sewage, backwash, vomit, pus and 100 more...
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sexeh
In the midnight hour she cried MOAR MOAR MOAR
orgiastic, vulva, moist, cunnilingus, thrust, swollen, nibble, stroke, engorged, grind, tumescent, lust and 49 more...
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the body
foot, spine, balls, penis, vagina, pubic, clitoris, body, genitals, skeleton, eyes, hand and 29 more...
Tweets
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gangerh As this word is on a list is it inter genitalia? Jun 26, 2008
thtownse Almost any known euphemism is better-sounding that the actual word - come on people, that's why we have euphemisms in the first place! Jun 26, 2008