No matter the age, I feel men can never say the word ‘vagina’ with a straight face.  I spent the past week discussing pharmaceutical products for vaginal dryness and menopause with two exec-level creatives.  The use of ‘vagina’ was met with smirks, falsettos, sound effects, slangs, whispering it, or any attempts in order to avoid the vernacular.  Although, it really did give me great pleasure in knowing that creatives can never take things super seriously and while maturity has its place at work, it’s the pubescent silliness that makes a corporate environment a little less stuffy.  Now I’m not saying that I’m more mature than they were… In fact, I didn’t even mention the word once.  I probably would’ve snickered and grinned like a 10 year-old with a Playboy that I snuck out from daddy’s stash.

With that in mind, here’s Microsoft’s proud and brazen use of, if I may use the proper vernacular, see you next tuesday.
http://josh.my/2009/05/microsoft-cibai-microsoft-names-new-software-after-slang-term-for-vagina/

– Addy Chow