From: wikdsushi	Date: December 29th, 2003 12:15 am (UTC)		(Link)

Personally, I find the word "belly" very sexy. It's much better than stomach, midsection, or abdomen,although abdomen has its uses. There's something visceral but innocent about it, and one of my more emotional kinks (slow kinks, you could say, as opposed to hot'n'fast) is the innocence of sex. (I'd rather write lovemaking than fucking. But you didn't hear that from me. I'm a pervert, I am, yup, whips and chains and all that good stuff.) Possible ultra-hot uses of the word "belly" include:

He dragged his fingertips through the thin layer of sweat glistening on [his lover's] belly, which strained and shook with each coarse breath.

"Oh, fuck," he breathed as he went limp against the pillow. With lingering disbelief, he slid a hand through the slick, ghostly drops still warm on his belly. [Just to note here, I also prefer "semen" to "come" (or any other spelling). Again, this gets into visceral innocence. Then, I read medical texts for fun.]

Slow, reverent kisses fell in a trail down her sides and across her belly. [Yay, femmeslash!]


As for other parts of the body, there is no sexy word for "anus." "Hole" is the best I've found. "Channel," despite the fact that's what it feels like (don't ask), yanks me out of a nice, hot, tight narrative faster than a pie in the face. I usually want to snigger. When I have no choice, I use "hole." When I do have a choice, I either use implication, generalisation ("body"), or metaphor (something that usually includes the word "flesh" - I didn't say it was good metaphor). I refuse to use the word "core" in a sex scene with regard to the physical body as it makes me think of apples and acne.

Nip is sexy. This only refers to the verb. In most cases, I prefer "nip" to "bite," but they also have different implications.

Cock or prick, never dick. Nob in very rare situations, usually playful ones. Cunt, never pussy, which makes me cringe. If you're going to use a crude term, no sense in shying back.

I would put "impossibly" into the purple category, but I also try to avoid adverbs. Passion has its place (but should be shown, not told), and "sac" sounds better to me than "scrotum" in most situations. Sometimes the sentence demands a longer word. I also prefer "testicles" or "testes" to "balls," which just strikes me as immature. Balls and dick go together, just as cock, scrotum, and testes do.

Spilling, IMO, should be restricted to accidents with the lube. It's too clichéd to be sexy.

Sweet is overused (and makes me wonder how the person knows this without having tasted the area in question), and angry has too many non-sexual connotations to me to be sexy. I get annoyed when somebody "angrily thrusts" into a "sweet" orifice he or she just described as salty, tangy, or musky.

Anyway, that's my... oh. More than two cents here. Sorry! *sheepish grin* Will shut up now.