Sylvia Mulholland JD,MFA
1 min readNov 30, 2022

I hear you, Amy, but FWIW, I don't like the word and wonder about its etymology.

1.

NORTH AMERICAN

a foolish or stupid person.

"why was that boob given a key investigation?"

2.

BRITISH

an embarrassing mistake.

BRITISH

make an embarrassing mistake.

"we found that we had boobed and the booking was for the previous week"

Why are a woman's breasts somehow equated with a stupid or foolish person, a goofball or mistake? I have always wondered.

A man's penis is usually called a cock, not offensive to men as it indicates the power of a male chicken in a sea of hens. "Dick" is less foul (yikes) but men do not generally like it as is seems to equate with "dickhead" i.e. a "boob." I asked my husband if he preferred "dick" or "cock" and without hesitation he admitted to "cock."

No one likes the word penis. Have you ever heard a man reference his penis? I have not.

I don't like the word "breasts" either, for some reason. Maybe I am just repressed. Still, I would use it in preference to "boobs".

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Sylvia Mulholland JD,MFA
Sylvia Mulholland JD,MFA

Written by Sylvia Mulholland JD,MFA

AneriCanadian half Ukrainian trademark attorney & writer. Sloan Foundation Fellowship from AFI. Published three novels, two traditional publishers. On BlieSky a

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