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poontang

[ poon-tang ]
/ ˈpun tæŋ /

noun Slang: Vulgar.

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

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Origin of poontang

1925–30, Americanism; said to be <Limba (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

usage note for poontang

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

Words nearby poontang

pool table, pool train, poon, Poona, poonce, poontang, poop, poop cabin, poop deck, pooped, pooper-scooper
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British Dictionary definitions for poontang

poontang
/ (ˈpuːntæŋ) /

noun taboo, slang

the female pudenda
a woman considered as a sexual object
sexual intercourse

Word Origin for poontang

possibly from French putain prostitute
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