little man in the boat

noun

The clitoris.

Meanings

noun
  1. slangThe clitoris.

    I'm sorry, Mayor, but I couldn't find the little man in the boat.

    1998 June 24, “Summer Sucks”, in South Park, season 2, episode 8, spoken by Officer Barbrady
    1 more example

    “You shitheads know how to eat pussy?” He sprayed the nearest among us with spittle.[…]“What you do,” continued Kennington in high bellow, “what you do is get down there and find the little man in the boat. That's who you gotta find. The little man in the boat.”

    2011, P. G. Sturges, Shortcut Man, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 63

    Synonyms: boy in the boat, bean, butter bean, boy in the boat, button, clit, clitoris, devil's doorbell

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

From its physical appearance.

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