Meanings
plural poontangs · alternative pootang
- USslanguncountablevulgarSexual intercourse with a woman.
That must have been some poontang you got last night.
2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 193 - UScountabledatedderogatoryoffensiveslanguncountablevulgarA woman, especially when discussed from a heavily sexualized, sexist, and misogynist perspective.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFemale genitalia; the vulva or vagina.
Origin
- Frenchputain“prostitute”
- Englishpoontang
Origin uncertain. Likely from French putain (“prostitute”). Compare Jamaican Creole punani (“female genitalia”); also Tagalog putang ina (“contemptible person”, literally “prostitute-mother”) from Spanish puta (“prostitute”).
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