Gräfenberg spot
[graf-uh n-burg, gref-]
- a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.
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Origin of Gräfenberg spot
1980–85; after German-born gynecologist Ernst Gräfenberg (1881–1957), who is credited with first descibing it
Also called G spot, G-spot.
G spot
or G-spot
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Yet the very idea of there not being a G-spot sparked international headlines.
Blue offers an in-depth guide to exactly where the G-spot is and how to stimulate it on her Web site.
All the experts I spoke to emphasized that there are no “shoulds” when it comes to the G-spot.
O is for Obama, the man who may just end the Industrial Revolution; and ozone, the g-spot of the climate debate.
G-spot
- an area in the front wall of the vagina which is alleged to produce an extremely intense orgasm when stimulated
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Word Origin
C20: short for Gräfenberg spot, named after Ernst Gräfenberg (1881–1957), German gynaecologist
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Word Origin and History for g-spot
g spot
n.
also g-spot, 1981, short for Gräfenberg spot, named for German gynecologist Ernst Gräfenberg (1881-1957), who described it in 1950.
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