privates:
Euphemism for the male or female genitials. See penis and vagina for synonyms.QUOTES:
(1) Lawrence Paros, The Erotic Tongue (1984): 'If sex be an act , we all have parts to play with.' Most of us know them as the carnal-parts (early-18 th C), the natural-parts (mid-16 th C), the naturals (17 th C), the parts-below (17 th C), the underparts (mid-19 th C), the privy-parts (c. 1565), the private-parts (c. 1885), the privates (20 th C).'
(2) Christopher (Nicholas Worth) admitting being gay to Max (Jonathan Gries) in Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1990): ' I don't have any privates. Mine went public years ago .'
(3) Selina Kyle/Cat Woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) to security guards in Batman Returns (1992): ' You poor guys! Always confusing your pistols with your privates .'
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