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* PlayedForLaughs in ''Literature/{{Twig}}''. The main characters discuss why an enormous SingleSpecimenSpecies male warbeast several storeys tall would need similarly gargantuan penis, of all things. With one character being one character being polite, one being embarrassed, and the last being an outright troll, they dance around the topic with euphemisms going from "well-bestowed" to "homewrecker" to ''"slumbering dragon"''.
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* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In "The Makeover," Mittens agrees to a tryst with Bolt, but tells him he needs to have his "doggy lipstick" (a slang term for canine penis) all ready to go when they get together later. The dog [[ComicallyMissingThePoint misunderstands]] and decides to give himself a [[CosmeticCatastrophe full (and hideous) facial makeover]] to fulfill the request.
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* Elliot in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' is an in-universe example, unable to use the correct terms for genitalia. Especially noticeable since she's a doctor, and has to deal with/talk about those body parts more than the average person as part of her job.
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The exact levels of censorship vary: sometimes, only technical terms like "penis", "scrotum", "vagina", and "vulva" are censored, while casual terms like "willy" and "vajayjay" are allowed. On the other hand, sometimes, clinical terms are allowed while slang terms aren't. Sometimes, no words that actually mean the genitals are allowed, so euphemisms such as "down there" and "you-know-what" are said instead, sometimes [[UnusualEuphemism writers just make euphemisms up]].
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* The Mexican comedy "11 & 12" (written by Series/{{Chespirito}}) involves a man [[GroinAttack losing his testicles in a car accident]] and getting one testicle donated by another man. The TitleDrop is that the donor, who is TheDitz, applies this trope InUniverse and uses those numbers for each testicle (and other numbers for other limbs, "1" for the head, for example). [[HilarityEnsues You can guess what happens]] when, right after he explains this detail, everybody else in the room start to [[HurricaneOfPuns talk about dreary things]] will just happen to occur at all hours of the day, ''especially'' at eleven or twelve-o'-clock...
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* The Mexican comedy "11 & 12" (written by Series/{{Chespirito}}) involves a man [[GroinAttack losing his testicles in a car accident]] and getting one testicle donated by another man. The TitleDrop is that the donor, who is TheDitz, applies this trope InUniverse and uses those numbers for each testicle (and other numbers for other limbs, "1" for the head, for example). [[HilarityEnsues You can guess what happens]] when, right after he explains this detail, everybody else in the room start to [[HurricaneOfPuns talk about dreary things]] will just happen to occur at all hours of the day, ''especially'' at eleven or twelve-o'-clock...
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Data the android has male parts, and whenever that fact is brought to light, the phrases "fully functional" and "anatomically correct" are used. In "Datalore", Riker sounds awkward when asking Data if his "brother" Lore has all his parts, implying that he's wondering if Lore has a penis. In "The Naked Now", Data hears a limerick from a person infected with a virus that makes the infected lose their inhibitions and repeats part of it to Picard: "There was a young lady from Venus, whose body was shaped like a..." but Picard interrupts him before he can say the last word.
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Data the android has male parts, genitalia, and whenever that fact is brought to light, the phrases "fully functional" and "anatomically correct" are used. In "Datalore", Riker sounds pretty awkward when asking Data if his "brother" Lore has all his parts, implying that he's wondering if Lore has a penis. In "The Naked Now", Data hears a limerick from a person infected with a virus that makes the infected lose their inhibitions and repeats part of it to Picard: "There was a young lady from Venus, whose body was shaped like a..." but Picard interrupts him before he can say the last word.
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* Some parents feel emotionally uncomfortable naming the genitals when discussing anatomy with their young children ([[DoubleStandard especially girls]]) so they make up a name or try to avoid the topic. Most professionals recommend teaching children the proper names: it makes discussing them feel more normal and makes the kid able to communicate more clearly if they get sexually abused or if their privates are injured.
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* Some parents feel emotionally uncomfortable naming the genitals when discussing anatomy with their young children ([[DoubleStandard especially girls]]) so they make up a name or try to avoid the topic. Most professionals recommend teaching children the proper names: it makes discussing them feel more normal and makes the kid able to communicate more clearly if they get sexually abused or if their privates are genitals have been injured.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'', Didi is pregnant with Tommy's younger brother Dil, but they don't know what the sex is yet. The doctor thought it might be a girl, but Charlotte starts a rhyme "Born under Venus, look for a--" but is interrupted before she can say the last word.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'', Didi is pregnant with Tommy's younger brother Dil, but they don't know what the sex is yet. The doctor thought it might be a girl, but Charlotte starts a rhyme "Born under Venus, look for a--" but is interrupted her phone rings before she can could say the last word.
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* In the ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'', the three protagonists Vexen, Lexaeus, and Xaldin travel to different worlds seeking to get rid of the {{Seme}}s of their {{Uke}}-fied friends. With the exception of [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Larxene]], the Semes have taken the friends' testicles, which are only as the "...you know". The penis also is mentioned once and is called the "that".
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* In the ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'', the three protagonists Vexen, Lexaeus, and Xaldin travel to different worlds seeking to get rid of the {{Seme}}s of their {{Uke}}-fied friends. With the exception of [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Larxene]], the Semes have taken the friends' testicles, which are only as the "...you know". The penis also is mentioned once and is called the "that".
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* Subverted and parodied in ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'': Greg sprains a muscle in his upper leg, and when Kitty doesn't want to use the word "groin" when describing the injury, Dharma says, "What should I call it? The muscle near his ''penis''?"
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* Subverted and parodied in ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'': Greg sprains a muscle in his upper leg, and when Kitty doesn't want to use the word "groin" when describing the injury, Dharma says, "What should I call it? The muscle near his ''penis''?"''[[SuddenlyShouting PENIS]]''?"
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* '''The work does not have an''' '''EveryoneRating'''.
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* '''The work mentions sex, contains profanity, deals with heavy topics, or even a combination'''.
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* On ''Series/MadTV'' the favorite nickname for Stuart Larkin is the "Danger Zone".
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* The chrome extension ''Swearing Substitution'' is meant to replace swear words with other words when they crop up, but it censors all words for genitalia, even technical ones, into "reproductive body part".
* The chrome extension ''Web Censor'' censors swear words, but also some anatomical words. The weird thing is, it doesn't censor "penis" or "vulva", but it does censor "scrotum" and "vagina".
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* The chrome extension ''Swearing Substitution'' is meant to replace swear words with other words when they crop up, but it censors all words for genitalia, even technical ones, into "reproductive body part".
* The chrome extension ''Web Censor'' censors swear words, but also some anatomical words. The weird thing is, it doesn't censor "penis" or "vulva", but it does censor "scrotum" and "vagina".
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* The chrome extension ''Swearing Substitution'' is meant to replace swear words with other words when they crop up, but it censors all words for genitalia, even technical ones, into "reproductive body part".
* The chrome extension ''Web Censor'' censors swear words, but also some anatomical words. The weird thing is, it doesn't censor "penis" or "vulva", but it does censor "scrotum" and "vagina".
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* Papa Smurf has a talk with Smurfette about sex in an ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' mini-story, where, more for the sake of the audience than for her ears, he refers to genitalia as "boy parts" and "girl parts".
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* ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'': 9-year old Nor tells her mother that her two brothers forced Liir (who is unknowingly their half-brother) to pull down his pants and show him his "thing" in order to prove he isn't [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation green like his mother Elphaba]].
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* ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'': 9-year old Nor tells her mother that her two brothers forced Liir (who is unknowingly is their half-brother) to pull down his pants and show him his "thing" in order to prove he isn't [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation green like his mother Elphaba]].
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* ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'': 9-year old Nor tells her mother that her two brothers forced Liir (who is unknowingly their half-brother) to pull down his pants and show him his "thing" in order to prove he isn't [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation green like his mother Elphaba]].
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A subtrope of {{Bowdlerize}} if the prohibition on terms comes from an external source (probably MoralGuardians). Compare NippleAndDimed and NeverSayDie for other taboos. For extra fun, may be combined with IKEAErotica.
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A subtrope of {{Bowdlerize}} if the prohibition on terms comes from an external source (probably MoralGuardians). Compare NippleAndDimed and NeverSayDie for other taboos. Also compare SexualEuphemism for ways of avoiding saying what you might do with those bathing suit parts. For extra fun, may be combined with IKEAErotica.
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* US politician Lisa Brown once got in legal trouble for saying the word "vagina" on television... even though she was talking about abortion.
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* US politician Lisa Brown once got in legal trouble for saying the word "vagina" on television... [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad even though she was talking about abortion.abortion]].
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*** In "Message in a Bottle", the holographic doctor meets another one and mentions that he's had sex before. The other hologram says, "Sex?! How is that possible?! We aren't equipped with a--" but is cut off by the Doctor bragging, "Let's just say I made an [[RoboSexual addition to my programming.]]"
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*** In "Message in a Bottle", the holographic doctor meets another one and mentions that he's had sex before. The other hologram says, "Sex?! How is that possible?! We aren't equipped with a--" but is cut off by the Doctor bragging, "Let's just say I made an [[RoboSexual addition to my programming.program.]]"
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** In "Message in a Bottle", the holographic doctor meets another one and mentions that he's had sex before. The other hologram says, "Sex?! How is that possible?! We aren't equipped with a--" but is cut off by the Doctor bragging, "Let's just say I made an [[RoboSexual addition to my programming.]]"
** In "State of Flux", Neelix describes some poisoning symptoms that include a stabbing pain that starts at your knees and works its way up to the--
-->'''Chakotay:''' ''(interrupting)'' We get the point.
** In "State of Flux", Neelix describes some poisoning symptoms that include a stabbing pain that starts at your knees and works its way up to the--
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** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In one episode, the holographic doctor meets another one and mentions that he's had sex before. The other hologram says, "Sex?! How is that possible?! We aren't equipped with a--" but is cut off.
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** Inone episode, "Message in a Bottle", the holographic doctor meets another one and mentions that he's had sex before. The other hologram says, "Sex?! How is that possible?! We aren't equipped with a--" but is cut off.off by the Doctor bragging, "Let's just say I made an [[RoboSexual addition to my programming.]]"
** In "State of Flux", Neelix describes some poisoning symptoms that include a stabbing pain that starts at your knees and works its way up to the--
-->'''Chakotay:''' ''(interrupting)'' We get the point.
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** In "State of Flux", Neelix describes some poisoning symptoms that include a stabbing pain that starts at your knees and works its way up to the--
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Compare NippleAndDimed and NeverSayDie for other taboos. For extra fun, may be combined with IKEAErotica. Despite the name similarity, TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed is only partially related to this trope because censorship is only one reason that the disease shall not be named.
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A subtrope of {{Bowdlerize}} if the prohibition on terms comes from an external source (probably MoralGuardians). Compare NippleAndDimed and NeverSayDie for other taboos. For extra fun, may be combined with IKEAErotica.
Despite the name similarity, TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed is only partially related to this trope because censorship is only one reason that the disease shall not benamed.named. See SpeakOfTheDevil and TheScottishTrope for other things some people want to avoid naming.
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Compare NippleAndDimed and NeverSayDie for other taboos. For extra fun, may be combined with IKEAErotica. Despite the name similarity, TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed is only partially related to this trope because censorship is only one reason that the disease shall not be named.
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* On ''Series/MadTV'' the favorite nickname for Stuart Larkin is the "Danger Zone".
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* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'' features an exaggerated InUniverse example. In a near-future Japan where everything that is "immoral", from pornography to talking about anything related to sex or genitals -- including dirty jokes -- has been made illegal, everyone has to use highly sanitized euphemisms... [[SubvertedTrope except]] for the perverted terrorist "Blue Snow", who revels in flouting the law by dressing up in nothing but a blanket on her body and a panty as a makeshift mask and publicly spouting the most explicit vulgarities and sexual jokes ever invented by man (all {{bleep}}ed [[DoubleSubversion out]] for the audience's "benefit").
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* In ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', Kobayashi [[GenderBender turns into a man]] and she and Tobu always refer to her penis as "that", "one of ''those''", or, in some unofficial translations, a "thingy".
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* In ''Too Smart For Strangers With Winnie the Pooh'', Pooh calls genitals "bathing suit parts".
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->''"He put his boys' thingy into mine and we HAD SEX!"''
-->--'''Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way''', ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''
This trope is when it's not only considered NotSafeForWork/kids/etc to show the genitals, but to say the words for them too.
The exact levels of censorship vary: sometimes, only technical terms like "penis", "scrotum", "vagina", and "vulva" are censored, while casual terms like "willy" and "vajayjay" are allowed. On the other hand, sometimes, clinical terms are allowed while slang terms aren't. Sometimes, no words that actually mean the genitals are allowed, so euphemisms such as "down there" and "you-know-what" are said instead, sometimes [[UnusualEuphemism writers just make euphemisms up]].
When this trope is in play, it may also extend to the inner reproductive anatomy, such as the uterus and prostate, but not always.
Many kids' shows are not allowed to say the words, not even in child-friendly contexts, unless it's meant to be educational, and sometimes not even then. In fact, this trope is often why works which try to teach about "[[TooSmartForStrangers good and bad touches]]" end up being [[CluelessAesop clumsily-written]].
Some "Nannybots" meant to censor online profanity will censor anatomical words as well, which may lead to the ScunthorpeProblem.
However, this trope isn't limited to child-friendly works: some M-rated works censor anatomical words too, even though their target audience is usually way too old for that to be a problem. Heck, even {{Hentai}} uses this trope sometimes.
It must be noted that this isn't any instance of the use of euphemisms or words like "wiener". Sometimes, euphemisms and slang might be played solely for comedy, and the use of euphemisms might be just appropriate dialogue for a character who's a prude. Ditto for slang and characters who tend to use it in general. Signs that it is this trope include:
* '''The work does not have an''' '''EveryoneRating'''.
* '''Alternatively, the work does have an Everyone rating, but the censorship is for a word in a non-sexual situation''', e.g. "I hurt my penis".
* '''The work mentions sex, contains profanity, deals with heavy topics, or even a combination'''.
* '''A translation of a work removes or changes a non-profane word''' for the genitals.
* '''A work or scene had to be removed or edited solely due to featuring an anatomical word.'''
* '''The euphemism or whatever sounds unnatural''' and it would make more sense to just say the word and '''this unnatural effect doesn't make sense in-universe'''.
Compare NippleAndDimed and NeverSayDie for other taboos. Despite the name similarity, TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed is only partially related to this trope because censorship is only one reason that the disease shall not be named.
Indexes: AnatomyTropes, LanguageTropes, CensorshipTropes, SexTropes
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* In ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', Kobayashi [[GenderBender turns into a man]] and she and Tobu always refer to her penis as "that", "one of ''those''", or, in some unofficial translations, a "thingy".
* In ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', Sailor Star Maker has an attack called "Star Gentle Uterus". The first English translation of the manga renamed it "Star Gentle Creator".
* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'' features an exaggerated InUniverse example. In a boring world where dirty jokes were never invented, talking about anything related to sex or genitals is illegal, so they have to use euphemisms.
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* In the early days of Creator/VertigoComics, Creator/DCComics was squeamish about rude language, so halfway through ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Creator/NeilGaiman was forced to write dialogue between adults about men thinking with their "dorks".
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* In ''FanFic/MyImmortal'', an infamously bad ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfiction, there are multiple sex scenes in addition to swear words, suicide, and even ''Satanism'', and the narrator Ebony is obviously ''not'' a prude, yet she still describes the genitals with words such as "boys' thingy", "thingy", "you-know-what", and even "[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]]".
* In the ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'', the three protagonists Vexen, Lexaeus, and Xaldin travel to different worlds seeking to get rid of the {{Seme}}s of their {{Uke}}-fied friends. With the exception of [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Larxene]], the Semes have taken the friends' testicles, which are only as the "...you know". The penis also is mentioned once and is called the "that".
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* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'': When Den appears on the planet Neverwhere in his new body, he's naked and covers himself with a cloth, narrating that there was no way he was going to walk around with his "dork" hanging out.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'', Didi is pregnant with Tommy's younger brother Dil, but they don't know what the sex is yet. The doctor thought it might be a girl, but Charlotte starts a rhyme "Born under Venus, look for a--" but is interrupted before she can say the last word.
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* Parodied in ''Film/AustinPowers: the Spy Who Shagged Me''. When Dr. Evil flies his phallic-shaped rocket, everybody on the ground describes it as "looking like a..." only to be cut off with the scene changing to another person saying a synonym for penis in an unrelated context.
* In ''Too Smart For Strangers With Winnie the Pooh'', Pooh calls genitals "bathing suit parts".
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* In ''Literature/GulliversTravels'', the private parts are referred to as "the parts that nature taught us to conceal".
* The children's book ''Literature/ItsOKToSayNo'' meant to teach kids about how to be safe from molesters, has several stories about kids saying no, a few of which directly involve touching, but the wording is vague, with phrases such as "touched him/her in a way that made him/her feel very uncomfortable".
* In ''Literature/LittleZizi'', the boy Martin's penis is always referred to by the euphemism "zizi".
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* Subverted and parodied in ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'': Greg sprains a muscle in his upper leg, and when Kitty doesn't want to use the word "groin" when describing the injury, Dharma says, "What should I call it? The muscle near his ''penis''?"
* In three episodes of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', the show used the phrase "naughty bits" due to censorship.
* While all the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series have said the word "sex" and dealt with sexual things, they still censor words for genitals, although the phrase "sexual organs" has been said at least once.
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Data the android has male parts, and whenever that fact is brought to light, the phrases "fully functional" and "anatomically correct" are used. In "Datalore", Riker sounds awkward when asking Data if his "brother" Lore has all his parts, implying that he's wondering if Lore has a penis. In "The Naked Now", Data hears a limerick from a person infected with a virus that makes the infected lose their inhibitions and repeats part of it to Picard: "There was a young lady from Venus, whose body was shaped like a..." but Picard interrupts him before he can say the last word.
** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In one episode, the holographic doctor meets another one and mentions that he's had sex before. The other hologram says, "Sex?! How is that possible?! We aren't equipped with a--" but is cut off.
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[[folder: Real Life]]
* In Victorian times, people called the genitals (as well as the underwear) the "unmentionables".
* Some parents feel emotionally uncomfortable naming the genitals when discussing anatomy with their young children ([[DoubleStandard especially girls]]) so they make up a name or try to avoid the topic. Most professionals recommend teaching children the proper names: it makes discussing them feel more normal and makes the kid able to communicate more clearly if they get sexually abused or if their privates are injured.
* The phrase "white meat" comes from the Victorian times. Victorians would refer to different parts of a cooked chicken as "white meat" and "dark meat" to avoid using the words "breast" and "thigh" (which wouldn't be considered rude words today, especially the latter, but values were different then).
* US politician Lisa Brown once got in legal trouble for saying the word "vagina" on television... even though she was talking about abortion.
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[[folder: Web Original]]
* The chrome extension ''Swearing Substitution'' is meant to replace swear words with other words when they crop up, but it censors all words for genitalia, even technical ones, into "reproductive body part".
* The chrome extension ''Web Censor'' censors swear words, but also some anatomical words. The weird thing is, it doesn't censor "penis" or "vulva", but it does censor "scrotum" and "vagina".
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->''"He put his boys' thingy into mine and we HAD SEX!"''
-->--'''Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way''', ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''
This trope is when it's not only considered NotSafeForWork/kids/etc to show the genitals, but to say the words for them too.
The exact levels of censorship vary: sometimes, only technical terms like "penis", "scrotum", "vagina", and "vulva" are censored, while casual terms like "willy" and "vajayjay" are allowed. On the other hand, sometimes, clinical terms are allowed while slang terms aren't. Sometimes, no words that actually mean the genitals are allowed, so euphemisms such as "down there" and "you-know-what" are said instead, sometimes [[UnusualEuphemism writers just make euphemisms up]].
When this trope is in play, it may also extend to the inner reproductive anatomy, such as the uterus and prostate, but not always.
Many kids' shows are not allowed to say the words, not even in child-friendly contexts, unless it's meant to be educational, and sometimes not even then. In fact, this trope is often why works which try to teach about "[[TooSmartForStrangers good and bad touches]]" end up being [[CluelessAesop clumsily-written]].
Some "Nannybots" meant to censor online profanity will censor anatomical words as well, which may lead to the ScunthorpeProblem.
However, this trope isn't limited to child-friendly works: some M-rated works censor anatomical words too, even though their target audience is usually way too old for that to be a problem. Heck, even {{Hentai}} uses this trope sometimes.
It must be noted that this isn't any instance of the use of euphemisms or words like "wiener". Sometimes, euphemisms and slang might be played solely for comedy, and the use of euphemisms might be just appropriate dialogue for a character who's a prude. Ditto for slang and characters who tend to use it in general. Signs that it is this trope include:
* '''The work does not have an''' '''EveryoneRating'''.
* '''Alternatively, the work does have an Everyone rating, but the censorship is for a word in a non-sexual situation''', e.g. "I hurt my penis".
* '''The work mentions sex, contains profanity, deals with heavy topics, or even a combination'''.
* '''A translation of a work removes or changes a non-profane word''' for the genitals.
* '''A work or scene had to be removed or edited solely due to featuring an anatomical word.'''
* '''The euphemism or whatever sounds unnatural''' and it would make more sense to just say the word and '''this unnatural effect doesn't make sense in-universe'''.
Compare NippleAndDimed and NeverSayDie for other taboos. Despite the name similarity, TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed is only partially related to this trope because censorship is only one reason that the disease shall not be named.
Indexes: AnatomyTropes, LanguageTropes, CensorshipTropes, SexTropes
!! Examples
[[folder: Anime and Manga]]
* In ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', Kobayashi [[GenderBender turns into a man]] and she and Tobu always refer to her penis as "that", "one of ''those''", or, in some unofficial translations, a "thingy".
* In ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', Sailor Star Maker has an attack called "Star Gentle Uterus". The first English translation of the manga renamed it "Star Gentle Creator".
* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'' features an exaggerated InUniverse example. In a boring world where dirty jokes were never invented, talking about anything related to sex or genitals is illegal, so they have to use euphemisms.
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[[folder: Comic Books]]
* In the early days of Creator/VertigoComics, Creator/DCComics was squeamish about rude language, so halfway through ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Creator/NeilGaiman was forced to write dialogue between adults about men thinking with their "dorks".
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[[folder: Fan Works]]
* In ''FanFic/MyImmortal'', an infamously bad ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfiction, there are multiple sex scenes in addition to swear words, suicide, and even ''Satanism'', and the narrator Ebony is obviously ''not'' a prude, yet she still describes the genitals with words such as "boys' thingy", "thingy", "you-know-what", and even "[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]]".
* In the ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'', the three protagonists Vexen, Lexaeus, and Xaldin travel to different worlds seeking to get rid of the {{Seme}}s of their {{Uke}}-fied friends. With the exception of [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Larxene]], the Semes have taken the friends' testicles, which are only as the "...you know". The penis also is mentioned once and is called the "that".
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[[folder: Films: Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'': When Den appears on the planet Neverwhere in his new body, he's naked and covers himself with a cloth, narrating that there was no way he was going to walk around with his "dork" hanging out.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'', Didi is pregnant with Tommy's younger brother Dil, but they don't know what the sex is yet. The doctor thought it might be a girl, but Charlotte starts a rhyme "Born under Venus, look for a--" but is interrupted before she can say the last word.
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[[folder: Films: Live-Action]]
* Parodied in ''Film/AustinPowers: the Spy Who Shagged Me''. When Dr. Evil flies his phallic-shaped rocket, everybody on the ground describes it as "looking like a..." only to be cut off with the scene changing to another person saying a synonym for penis in an unrelated context.
* In ''Too Smart For Strangers With Winnie the Pooh'', Pooh calls genitals "bathing suit parts".
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In ''Literature/GulliversTravels'', the private parts are referred to as "the parts that nature taught us to conceal".
* The children's book ''Literature/ItsOKToSayNo'' meant to teach kids about how to be safe from molesters, has several stories about kids saying no, a few of which directly involve touching, but the wording is vague, with phrases such as "touched him/her in a way that made him/her feel very uncomfortable".
* In ''Literature/LittleZizi'', the boy Martin's penis is always referred to by the euphemism "zizi".
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[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
* Subverted and parodied in ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'': Greg sprains a muscle in his upper leg, and when Kitty doesn't want to use the word "groin" when describing the injury, Dharma says, "What should I call it? The muscle near his ''penis''?"
* In three episodes of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', the show used the phrase "naughty bits" due to censorship.
* While all the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series have said the word "sex" and dealt with sexual things, they still censor words for genitals, although the phrase "sexual organs" has been said at least once.
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Data the android has male parts, and whenever that fact is brought to light, the phrases "fully functional" and "anatomically correct" are used. In "Datalore", Riker sounds awkward when asking Data if his "brother" Lore has all his parts, implying that he's wondering if Lore has a penis. In "The Naked Now", Data hears a limerick from a person infected with a virus that makes the infected lose their inhibitions and repeats part of it to Picard: "There was a young lady from Venus, whose body was shaped like a..." but Picard interrupts him before he can say the last word.
** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In one episode, the holographic doctor meets another one and mentions that he's had sex before. The other hologram says, "Sex?! How is that possible?! We aren't equipped with a--" but is cut off.
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[[folder: Real Life]]
* In Victorian times, people called the genitals (as well as the underwear) the "unmentionables".
* Some parents feel emotionally uncomfortable naming the genitals when discussing anatomy with their young children ([[DoubleStandard especially girls]]) so they make up a name or try to avoid the topic. Most professionals recommend teaching children the proper names: it makes discussing them feel more normal and makes the kid able to communicate more clearly if they get sexually abused or if their privates are injured.
* The phrase "white meat" comes from the Victorian times. Victorians would refer to different parts of a cooked chicken as "white meat" and "dark meat" to avoid using the words "breast" and "thigh" (which wouldn't be considered rude words today, especially the latter, but values were different then).
* US politician Lisa Brown once got in legal trouble for saying the word "vagina" on television... even though she was talking about abortion.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Web Original]]
* The chrome extension ''Swearing Substitution'' is meant to replace swear words with other words when they crop up, but it censors all words for genitalia, even technical ones, into "reproductive body part".
* The chrome extension ''Web Censor'' censors swear words, but also some anatomical words. The weird thing is, it doesn't censor "penis" or "vulva", but it does censor "scrotum" and "vagina".
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