CONTENT NOTE: this episode contains Sexual Language from the start.

Does the available vocabulary for sex leave something to be desired? Namely desire? (And also the ability to use it wthout laughing/dying of embarrassment?)

Aiding in the search for a better sex lexicon - sexicon - are Kaitlin Prest of fellow Radiotopia podcast The Heart, and romance novelist Mhairi McFarlane.

Click here for Under the Covers - part I, and click here for the episode that was all about the C-bomb.

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MAILCHIMP'S RANDOMLY SELECTED WORD FROM THE DICTIONARY:

debridement