snippa

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

snippa c

(childish, colloquial) Female genitalia.

Declension

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

Synonyms

References

Leah Kaminsky (4 June 2018), “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.

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[1] Leah Kaminsky (4 June 2018), “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.