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Swedish
Etymology
Partly derived from snopp (“penis”), the male equivalent. Gained mainstream popularity in Sweden since the early 21st century. Supported due to a need for neutral terminology.
Noun
snippa c
- (childish, colloquial) the female genitalia
- Antonym: snopp
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References
- ^ Leah Kaminsky (2018 June 4) “The case for renaming women's body parts”, in BBC Future, 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
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