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Pedantic PSA: the plural of "clitoris" is "clitorises". You can, if you're being really pedantic on Greek derivations, say "clitorides", but that tends to look like you've made a typo.

"Clitori" is never correct.

May 28 at 11:02amWeb
Show threadVagina MuseumMay 28

The etymology of "clitoris" is actually pretty unclear, and could have origins in any of the following:
-a little hill (noun)
-key (noun)
-to tickle (verb)
-hook (noun)
-to latch (verb)
-to sheathe (noun)

This is because there's kind of a lot of similar-sounding Ancient Greek words which are plausible.

Show threadcoldclimateMay 28
@vagina_museum I'm pretty sure it's because they were first discovered in ClitHeroe
Show thread‍🌬️May 28
@vagina_museum ok, what if, and hear me out (lol), It actually did start out meaning the clitoris anatomy and early men(being guys) jokingly named hills, and keys, and hooks, and other things after it. It got stuck in the language and survived to modern Day. Good Enough doesn't have to make sense 😅
Show threadsaraaaaarghMay 28
@vagina_museum I don't think I've ever had to use the plural but if I do, from now on it's Clitorides
Show threadbazkie, an ongoing processMay 28
@sarahdal @vagina_museum kinda sounds like a sports drink!
Show threadtitaniumbiscuitMay 28
@bazkie @sarahdal @vagina_museum Sounds like the name of a hero from Greek mythology.
Show threadbazkie, an ongoing processMay 28
@titaniumbiscuit @sarahdal @vagina_museum the great Clitorides, arch enemy of Testicles
Show threadOzzelot  May 28
@bazkie @titaniumbiscuit @sarahdal @vagina_museum Sometimes called Clitorides the Unfindable.
Show threadJoe VinegarMay 28
@bazkie @titaniumbiscuit @sarahdal @vagina_museum an erotic spin-off of Dune universe: "House Clitorides"
Show threadOzzelot  May 28
@joe_vinegar @bazkie @titaniumbiscuit @sarahdal @vagina_museum Or the aspect of a certain Vicodin-loving doctor's life that doesn't get enough screen time.
Show thread0x10fMay 28
@joe_vinegar @bazkie @titaniumbiscuit @sarahdal @vagina_museum There is already a similar erotic link (albeit more convoluted) in Dune:
- Harkonnen is believed to have been named after a Finnish surname (Härkönen).
- One of the famous people with that name happens to be an author (Anna-Leena Härkönen).
- Her first novel (Häräntappoase) was, in turn, named after one character's penis.
Show threadaww-yawnMay 28
@joe_vinegar the delegates of House Clitorides wear gowns with a dark oblong shape at the front and some form of hooded head covering. when looked on from a distance they look like vaginas marching forward, their heads perfectly positioned where the clitoris would be. they appoint an oracle who, on the day of The Great Release, communicates with the spirits of pleasure to seek guidance about the coming year's harvest. there are ministers of the temple of Supreme-O who help in the process. their job is simple: find the oracle's clit and help her with the release.

@vagina_museum @sarahdal @titaniumbiscuit @bazkie
Show threadKatMay 28
@titaniumbiscuit @bazkie @sarahdal @vagina_museum Or that classic song from Bruce Springsteen, when you pronounce it that way.
Show threadFluffgar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 28
@vagina_museum Like "octopuses".
Show threadDan Neuman 🇨🇦May 28
@fluffgar @vagina_museum Related: Octopussy
Show threadeviloatmeal, resident Death Stranding 2 apologist (arch, btw)May 28
@vagina_museum Clitoxen.
Show threadbazkie, an ongoing processMay 28
@vagina_museum "clits" to evade all this complexity!
Show threadpope of nope 🇺🇦May 28
@vagina_museum "the red mist descends whenever i'm confronted with clitori"
Show threadtimorlMay 28
@vagina_museum Oh no, Vagina Museum is going prescriptivist, finally a take I can disagree with you on. 
Show threadHugh Young-BishMay 28
@vagina_museum
Likewise
Penis
Penes - correct but pedantic
Penises - correct
Peni, penii - wrong
Show threadKees van MalssenMay 29
@hugh @vagina_museum dicks will do
Show threadHugh Young-BishMay 29

@KFvMalssen @vagina_museum

Way to trample on the richness of the English language!
A dick can be a man who behaves tactlessly. This colours the penis meaning. A dick is a penis treated with a degree of contempt. Michelango's David has a penis, not a dick.

Show threadHugh Young-BishMay 28
@vagina_museum
The Clitorides sound like a group of Greek islands - near Lesbos or Bilitis?
Show threadSouthFreshMay 28
@vagina_museum 49% of the population can barely find one. Seems superfluous to teach them the proper plural.
Show threadJayMay 28
@vagina_museum Alternatively, “little old fishing fleet” also works.
Show threadTattieMay 28
@vagina_museum no, no, "clitori" is actually the singular form.
Show threadDoomsdaysCWMay 28
@vagina_museum The Clitorides! A lost play written by Sappho!
Show threadJess👾May 28
@vagina_museum Clitopodes?
Show threada fish named dog 🎗️✡️♾️May 28
@vagina_museum clitorides sounds like the plural of some new medicine. "hooray, I got my clitorides!"
Show thread🐦‍⬛May 28
@vagina_museum ok, but if you use the Greek it needs to be pronounced correctly. Clee-to-REE-thes.
Show threadMoss WizardMay 28
@vagina_museum @TheTempleMom Maybe “clitorchestra”
Show threadLaura PerryMay 29
@Moss @vagina_museum Now, that's a different kind of music!
Show thread‍🌬️May 28
@vagina_museum and the Clituminati are something else entirely
Show threadDave MuthMay 28
@vagina_museum Clito Rises is good foreshadowing AND a good band name.
Show threadFritz AdalisMay 28
@vagina_museum
It's good to hear well-researched facts from the cliterati.
Show threadviNomadicMay 28
@vagina_museum 'clitori' stems from 'pretending' ('assuming'?) 'clitoris' is Latin instead of Greek...?