Vajayjay DefinedIt began on Feb. 12, 2006, when viewers of the ABC series “Grey’s Anatomy” heard the character Miranda Bailey, a pregnant doctor who had gone into labor, admonish a male intern, “Stop looking at my vajayjay.”
The line sprang from an executive producer’s need to mollify standards and practices executives who wanted the script to include fewer mentions of the word vagina.
The scene, however, had the unintended effect of catapulting vajayjay (also written va-jay-jay) into mainstream speech. Fans of “Grey’s Anatomy” expressed their approval of the word on message boards and blogs.
The show’s most noted fan, Oprah Winfrey, began using it on her show, effectively legitimizing it for some 46 million American viewers each week.
And here's the thing, folks: Once a term has been popularized by "Grey's Anatomy," legitimized by freakin' Oprah Winfrey, and written at length by the NYTimes, it's time to retire the word. Put it to rest, folks. Let's leave Vajayjay to where it belongs now -- it's final resting place, a place where "you go, girl," "talk to the hand," and the Macarena still carries some cachet: Middle-aged women who work in HR and/or medical offices, who began watching "The Real World," five years ago to connect with their teenagers, five years too late.
R.I.P. Vajayjay.
Last sentence, next to last word? TOO, please!! Then my eyelid won't have to twitch over an otherwise pleasurable entry!
Noted and corrected. My apologies. -- DR