snippa

Swedish

Etymology

Partly derived from snopp (“penis”), the male equivalent. Gained mainstream popularity in Sweden since the early 21st century.[1][2] Supported due to a need for neutral terminology.

Noun

snippa c

(childish, colloquial) the female genitalia
Antonym: snopp

Declension

Declension of snippa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	snippa	snippan	snippor	snipporna
Genitive	snippas	snippans	snippors	snippornas

Synonyms

References

Leah Kaminsky (2018 June 4) “The case for renaming women's body parts”, in BBC Future‎, BBC:
In 2000, social worker Anna Kostztovics was concerned at the lack of fundamental gender equality embedded in her native Swedish language. She pointed out that boys had a non-sexualised word for their genitals – ‘snopp’, a widely-used term roughly equivalent to the English term ‘willy’ – while girls did not. She popularised the use of a new word, ‘snippa’, as the female equivalent.
Richard Orange (2015 August 1) “Sweden invents a word for girls’ genitals equivalent to ‘willy’ for boys”, in The Guardian

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[1] Leah Kaminsky (2018 June 4) “The case for renaming women's body parts”, in BBC Future‎, BBC:
In 2000, social worker Anna Kostztovics was concerned at the lack of fundamental gender equality embedded in her native Swedish language. She pointed out that boys had a non-sexualised word for their genitals – ‘snopp’, a widely-used term roughly equivalent to the English term ‘willy’ – while girls did not. She popularised the use of a new word, ‘snippa’, as the female equivalent.

[Guardian-2] Richard Orange (2015 August 1) “Sweden invents a word for girls’ genitals equivalent to ‘willy’ for boys”, in The Guardian