poontang

[ poon-tang ]

noun

, Slang: Vulgar.

1. sexual intercourse with a woman.
2. Offensive. a woman regarded as a sex object.

poontang

/ ˈpuːntæŋ /

noun

1. the female pudenda
2. a woman considered as a sexual object
3. sexual intercourse

Sensitive Note

These meanings are both vulgar slang. When referring to a woman, poontang is perceived as insulting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of poontang¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1925–30 said to be from Limba (a West Atlantic language of Sierra Leone) puntuŋ “vagina,” though the late documentation of the English word makes such an origin questionable; French putain “prostitute,” often cited as the source, accounts precisely for neither the phonetics nor the sense

Word History and Origins

Origin of poontang¹

possibly from French putain prostitute