Historical Resources:
Below are a few choice phrases and terms for body parts and acts that I’ve come across while researching my novels. The lists are by no means complete and are intended only as a quick reference. For a comprehensive list of sex slang terms I can’t recommend enough ‘The Big Book of Filth’ by Jonathon Green, and it’s big daddy ‘The Cassell Dictionary of Slang.’
Terms for Female Genitalia
| 15-16C+ cunt nonny-no hole crack lap mutton |
17C+ cony quaint quenyte muff slit twat twatchel oyster oven puss half-moon modicum Cyprian arbour pipkin quarry purse tit-bit tail |
18C+ cunnikin cunny cuntkin quem quim quimsby honeypot mantrap hortus rose bunny chat (french) madge fur |
19C coynte fanny nether lips pussy jewel sheath firelock snatch |
Terms for Male Genitalia
| 16C+ callibisters culls limb lance sword weapon prick pistol |
17C+ nags purse beard-splitter quimstake cutlass cock stick tail stiff lobcock |
18C+ privates ballocks whore-pipe Captain Standish shaft horn bowsprit iron |
19C accoutrements cobs cods nackers bayonet pike creamstick dick jack tadger flute nob |
Heterosexual Sex
| 15-16C+ shake prick tup vaulting jumble tonygle swive foutre prigging |
17C+ the business lap clap lay dry bob bang grind jumm jump prig swinge thrum tumble jumming wenching fuck |
18C+ drill plug screw buttocking roger shag do it wind the clock |
19C shift work bounce poke shoot rump splitting dip one’s wick fulke |
Gay man
| 16C+ bardache trug |
17C+ mandrake town-shift quean punk indorser |
18C+ boretto-man buggeranto madge-cove madge-cull molly bugger bitch |
19C queen sod bum boy betty angel |
Masturbation
| 16C+ frigging frig shake work-off |
17C+ | 18C+ frig toss toss-off |
19C diddle larking wanking flip jerk jerk-off |
Orgasm
| 16C+ | 17C+ come come off spend |
18C+ go |
19C pop spendings let go melt |
Anal sex
| 18C+ molly caudle-making indorse riding rump |
19C brown goose |