snippa
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
snippa c
- (childish, colloquial) the female genitalia
- Antonym: snopp
Declension edit
| Declension of snippa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | snippa | snippan | snippor | snipporna |
| Genitive | snippas | snippans | snippors | snippornas |
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ Leah Kaminsky (2018 June 4) “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.
- ^ Richard Orange (2015 August 1) “Sweden invents a word for girls’ genitals equivalent to ‘willy’ for boys”, in The Guardian
Further reading edit
- snippa in Svensk ordbok.