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Why do guys use terms like pancake nipples/beef curtains?

I ask this out of curiosity...but guys (on here) go on and on about how guys aren't picky, guys are open minded and aren't judgmental. Yet, terms like pancake nipples exist. Why such a term for something natural? Small breasts are normal and natural Why do other terms like beef curtains, pepperoni nipples, sausage nipples exist? Sure, small breasts, big nipples/areolas or a beefy labia may not be ideal but why such degrading terms? No, this isn't a discussion on the plight of men. Nor is this to condemn men. I'm just wondering why guys say they aren't critical yet terms that they coined, exist.
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Most Helpful Guys

  • This is just "guy talk." If you notice, when guys joke around with each other, we insult each other nonstop. The thing is, WE know that while there might be some hint of truth about what we're saying, we're WAY over-exaggerating these things, in a crude, cruel way, to be FUNNY. Other guys don't get offended by any of this banter (and girls who grew up around guys also tend to "get it" and not be offended), but girls who don't realize what's going on take it more literally and don't get that it's intentional exaggeration.

    Plus, some terms that might have just been descriptive, or even used as a put-down in one context, might be used as a positive in another context. "Pepperoni nipples" is an example: it would be describing a medium-sized areola, and while some girls might automatically assume that that's a "bad" term, because it's crude guy-speak, most GUYS would not make that assumption. Most guys would get that we were simply talking about size, comparing it to something we're all familiar with. Guys might also see a girl with big boobs (that he likes), and say "she has t!ts the size of watermelons/basketballs." Just using such a description doesn't mean we don't like that thing about her.

    These terms tend to get included in the general lexicon over time, and often guys don't even realize that saying these things in mixed company might offend someone; usually it isn't meant to do so. And sometimes they are, but are still exaggerated to be funny.

    Example: "That girl is such a slut, her vagina must be as loose as a wizard's sleeve." Yes, they're intentionally saying something bad about her (and though she may be a slut, that really has little impact on her vagina), but they're clearly using descriptive words to create an exaggerated picture in the mind that most other guys would find hilarious, because we're used to "dark" put-down humor all the time.

    We even do it to ourselves. Guys say stuff like "I'm hung like a squirrel" or "my nuts are dragging" or "I couldn't get it up; my d!ck was just a wet noodle." All obvious exaggerations, or complete un-truths, but all designed to get a laugh.

    This is why girls need to be careful about understanding context, just like guys need to understand that when girls talk, there's a ton of subtext going on, which most guys miss entirely.

    • This is a perfect answer.

  • Guys are visual and for the most part,as well as kind of crude. we use terms like this becuase it helps bring a particular image to mind for the other crude males we are talking too. Although they may be considered offensive to women who hear them, especially for those whom they are used to describe, it doesn't mean that they guy doenst find that girl attractive or doesn't like her. Guys like to make fun of each other in similar derogatory ways, but we say those sort of 'mean' things to our friends. Because this is the way that we have learned to interact with males, sometimes the same treatment is carried over to our interactions with females. The phrase itself has less meaning than the context in which it is used, which is true for almost everything that is said.

    I remember being at a wet T-shirt contest once in college and this girl just finished up and my friend turned to me and said, 'she had elf shoe boobies' The visual he provided with that phrase matched the shape of her breasts and probably would have hurt her feeling is she had heard it, but both my friend and I though that her breasts were nice, that's just how guys speak

Most Helpful Girls

  • wow that is so mean to even talk like that about another person. I guess the real question is why don't people talk about themselves instead? I really hate that when I hear people degrade other people. that's not right and something tells me they know that in the first place and know better. there secretly must be some kind of a inferiority complex going on with the one whose trash talking someone else. heard it too many times before and I tend look differently at those who do that to another peron. especially when they don't have the nerve to say it to their face. seriously.

  • "Sure, small breasts, big nipples/areolas or a beefy labia may not be ideal"

    They exist because of attitudes like this.

    • uh, yeah. I'm sure. Admitting that there are standards of beauty perpetuates such things

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  • Because people are idiots in the way they speak. Almost everything "needs" a "make fun of term" according to some people. Immaturity has a bit to play in this. A lot of guys are simply that. Immature. Regardless of the things that they could be made fun of about. I was never much for name calling myself, plus I happen to love pancake boobs. ;-). Smaller the better for me.

  • because it's easy to picture and funny. Funnier to say sausage nipples than humongous nipples, right? No need to make everything serious. Have fun in life. I'm pretty sure there's similar slang words for guys, but I just can't think of any off the top of my head.

  • what? all that effort for equal rights and now you complain that we include you in our jokes---------FFS-----women!

    ;)

  • It would be more accurate to say guys are not picky, some are open minded, and most are judgemental.

    Guys have a plethora of slang terms for female body parts and many seem to enjoy rating them just like some rate women.

    The fact not all women are '10s' though doesn't make guys picky. As you well know, guys will pursue 'non 10' women madly.

    I don't know. It seems like women are neutral to all but a few men and then proclaim men they love are perfect. Men rank women and their body parts in great detail but don't expect perfection - they are perfectly happy with a partner they find attractive.

  • From my experience it came from middle school days. At first it's sort of just joke around the lunch table etc although in time they become common phrases used to describe womens body parents. Never heard sausage nipples ? lol

    The thing is real men don't give a f***. Ill get flak from the "real men" comment but anyone who constantly blast those comments are limp d***s who actually cares so much about nipple size in inches or labia size by a margin are just projecting whatever negativity they have because they don't get laid and can't get a woman. Plenty of beautiful women with different kinds of bodies...

    They exist because originally they were comical ways to describe various body parts on women.

  • People make fun of others and make up names all the time. Especially this being the Internet, you can't tell if they're actually serious or pretending to be. In either event, it doesn't matter all that much.

  • Guys don't morons do.

  • i've actually never heard these terms.. what do they mean?

    nevermind, I can guess - I'll google it later.

    anyway, assuming they are 'derogatory,' men tend to cope with things a lot easier if they have a label. It doesn't matter what that label is. If a guy encounters a "pancake nipple" and is in a position to assume himself to be the first guy who has ever seen one, he'll probably freak out a bit. But, if he knows that they are encountered somewhat frequently, then it's all good. Having a 'known' label assists in this.

    • were you homeschooled? Those are pretty common school yard terms that guys use starting in middle school.

    • no, I'm just old. it may be common these days - it wasn't 15 years ago.

  • it's just a method of description. that's happens to be a little funny lol

  • Who said guys aren't judgmental? That doesn't mean we won't f*** her though.

  • Because guys like food...

  • Short answer? Guys are stupid. Longer answer? Guys are emotionally stupid and cover honest feelings with sophomoric behavior.

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