On Hoo-Has and Vajayjays

You all probably know that I’m a big fan of proper names for body parts, including the teaching of proper names to children, so I’m cracking up this week at The Onion’s piece, Renowned Hoo-Ha Doctor Wins Nobel Prize For Medical Advancements Down There.

“The accomplished physician humbly accepted medicine’s highest honor before a crowd of her peers, and spoke about the importance of regular screenings to prevent unnecessary complications up inside one’s business…Attendees said Lazoff then presented a number of slides pertaining to the, uh, nether-type zone.”

The illustration on the page is priceless.

For some context on why I think this parody of people not explicitly talking about the vagina and vulva is so dead on, see The Soup’s the frequent “Oprah’s vajayjay” clips there. For the uninitiated:

[Hat tip to Tracy and @thecurvature]

Added: Of course this was silliness I had at the top of the blog on the day the LJ Movers & Shakers thing gets mentioned in an email that goes out to my whole Informatics Center at work. *waves*