The outlaw Russian activist organization Pussy Riot reportedly chose their name as a clever troll: one of the group's members said she thought it'd be a way to provide a little fun for English-speakers who followed their story. And she was right. Every time I see CNN's Wolf Blitzer say "Pussy Riot," or hear a dry NPR anchor's voice intone those two words, I think I'm going to die laughing. Pussy Riot finally managed to do what generations of feminists before them could not: they normalized the word "pussy."

But I asked Twitter to help me come up with some more "polite" synonyms for news anchors who still wince when they have to say the p-word on-air. Here's the list, some of which are my own, some of which others must take blame for.

• Vagina Riot



• Cuntastrophe



• Cooter Commotion



• Ladybits Rampage



• Vajayjay Melee



• Birth Canal Brouhaha



• Hoo-hah Kerfuffle



• Beefdrape Diatribe



• Frontbottom Fracas



• Labial Lawlessness



• Rosebud Rumble



• Bearded Clam Shenanigans



• Muffin scufflin'



• Cooch Confrontation



• Down There Donnybrook



• Labia Fray-bia



• Front-butt Fiasco



• Munch Bunch



• Apocalips



• Violencia del Vulva



• Meat-Curtain Mayhem



• Nookie Disagreement



• Honeypot havoc



• Fanny Free-for-all



• Tumult Near Mons Pubis (*also a great title for a post-apocalypic sci-fi erotic novel)



(Thanks, everyone: @joshgondelman, @Beschizza, @scottpierce_au, @orelhoes, @arfisk, @bonniegrrl, @KingDouyeAlfred, @KellySGerner, @birdsnfrogs, @cuadcosgrove, @capnmarrrrk, @beebigelow, @iD4RO, @BarrSteve, @emraeoh, @jesusdiaz, @ginalou, @janice_e, @gwynskid, @laurasbadideas, @nieljacoby, @proeat, @gargreguan, @dkesserich, @lekevbo, @queerveganrun)