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Names Given to the Sexual Parts of Man
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cry out, "Why do you leave, you liar? You should be called coward and liar."

El aaouar (the one-eyed).—Because it has but one eye, which eye is not like other eyes, and does not see clearly.[1]

El fortass (the bald one).—Because there is no hair on its head, which makes it look bald.

Abou aine (he with one eye).—It has received this name because its one eye presents the peculiarity of being without pupil and eyelashes.

El atsar (the stumbler).—It is called so because if it wants to penetrate in the vulva, as it does not see the door, it beats about above and below, and thus continues to stumble as over stones in the road, until the lips of the vulva gets humid, when it manages to get inside. The vulva then says, "What has happened to you that made you stumble about so?" The member answers, "O my love, it was a stone lying in the road."

Ed dommar (the odd-headed).—Because its head is different from all other heads.

Abou rokba (the one with a neck).—That is the being with a short neck, a well developed throat, and thick at the end, a bald head, and who, moreover, has coarse and bristly hair from the navel to the pubis.

Abou guetaia (the hairy one; who has a forest of hair).—It is given this name when the hair is abundant about it.

El besiss (the impudent).—It has received this name because from the moment that it gets stiff and long it does not care for anybody, lifts impudently the clothing of its master by raising its head fiercely, and makes him ashamed while itself feels no shame. It acts in the same

  1. The epithet of one-eyed is also given by Martial to the virile member.