CLITORIS

boy in the boat noun, US, 1916
• [T]hose who felt that the ladies should have
big bursts but could have them only in that
highly localized surface nodule known in
the trade as the vestigal phallus, or button,
or boy in the boat. —Bernard Wolfe, The
Magic of Their Singing 1961

clit noun, US, 1958
• Why, I’ve only to give my clit a tiny flick
right now and I’d be sopping. —Terry
Southern, Candy 1958

dot noun, US, 1964
• —Roger Blake, The American Dictionary of
Sexual Terms 1964

fuck button noun, US, 1969
• There were times when I could make her
come just from the feel of my lips tugging
on that little fuck-button of hers[.] —Joey V. ,
Portrait of Joey 1969

joy button noun, US, 1972
• Although it’s sometimes called “the joy
button,” the clitoris is actually more than a
single spot. —Boston Women’s Health
Book Collective, Our Bodies, Ourselves 1984