noonie

English edit

Alternative forms edit

noo, noonoo, noo-noo, nonny, nunny, nunnie

Etymology edit

Attested since the 1960s; earliest known use found in the works of Bernard Kops. Origin uncertain; suggested sources include Hindi नूनी (nūnī, “boy's penis”) from Sanskrit न्यून (nyū̀na, “vulva”).

Noun edit

noonie (plural noonies)

(slang, childish) The vulva.
- 2000, Bernard Kops, Shalom Bomb: Scenes from My Life - Page 113:
  One of them was lifting up her skirt and offering her noonie.
- 2009, Myla Kabat-Zinn, Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting:
  Getting out of the shower one morning, she held a towel around herself and said, “I won't let the gold fall out of my noonies.” At another time, she said, in a tragic voice worthy of Shakespeare, “My noonie has been robbed!”
- 2015, Scott Nicholson, Speed Dating with the Dead:
  A child's voice whispered, “He's going to touch her noonie.”
(slang, in the plural) Testicles.
(slang, rare) Penis.
(slang, US) Alternative form of nunnie (“buttocks, ass”)

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