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Bernardo de La Paz

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3. Where's the "hallucination"? That is the etymology of the word.
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 03:21 PM
Jun 2025
Online Etymology Dictionary

https://www.etymonline.com › word › vagina
Vagina - Etymology, Origin & Meaning - Etymonline
"sexual passage of the female from the vulva to the uterus," 1680s, medical Latin, from specialized use of Latin vagina "sheath, scabbard, covering; sheath of an ear of grain, hull, husk" (plural vaginae), a word of uncertain origin.

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Vagina
Vagina - Wikipedia
The term vagina is from Latin vāgīna, meaning "sheath" or "scabbard". [1] The vagina may also be referred to as the birth canal in the context of pregnancy and childbirth. [2] [3] Although by its dictionary and anatomical definitions, the term vagina refers exclusively to the specific internal structure, it is colloquially used to refer to the vulva or to both the vagina and vulva.


When it is closed ("encloses" ) it protects the internal organs.

That it does not mention other functions and uses does not mean it is wrong or stupid. If you want to get a reference to other uses, ask a more appropriate prompt.

There is much stupidity in composing a dead-simple prompt and expecting it to do more than what was asked. Neither human experts nor AI programs are mind readers.

If you want porn, ask for porn. If you want etymology, ask for etymology.

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Will I be able to recognize most AI crap? vapor2 Jun 2025 #1
"We already own the rights to 'Natural Stupidity.' So don't get any ideas." - magatland repubes BoRaGard Jun 2025 #2
Where's the "hallucination"? That is the etymology of the word. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2025 #3
Your understanding of "enclose" is quite different from mine. LAS14 Jun 2025 #4
It doesn't "enclose" any organs. Crunchy Frog Jun 2025 #8
👀 Nimble_Idea Jun 2025 #9
Car doors open, but are closed 99% of the time, enclosing the passengers/contents. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2025 #10
A vagina is a tube. A car door isn't. Crunchy Frog Jun 2025 #11
We are talking function, not form. Poor analogy to distract with form. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2025 #12
Unfortunately, you picked a poor example. MineralMan Jun 2025 #5
OK, so the false info that AI supplied was irrelevant to the query. LAS14 Jun 2025 #6
The information was not false, it was complete to what you asked, but incomplete to what you wanted Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2025 #7
I can't believe this thread has gone in this direction. nt LAS14 Jun 2025 #13
It started with a faulty premise TheProle Jun 2025 #14
How could you make "What is the etymology of the word 'vagina'" more clear? nt LAS14 Jun 2025 #16
Many humans would have provided MineralMan Jun 2025 #15
Like I said, a weird path for this thread, but, to answer your post... LAS14 Jun 2025 #17
But, it does that, too. MineralMan Jun 2025 #18
Oh, for crying out loud. It provides access, not blockage. It certainly doesn't "enclose." nt LAS14 Jun 2025 #19
I'm done here. MineralMan Jun 2025 #20
The labia BeerBarrelPolka Jun 2025 #21
False dichotomy. Access does not prohibit enclosure occurring. Enclosure does not deny access forever Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2025 #22
You can't actually "close" your vagina Crunchy Frog Jun 2025 #24
Again with the all-or-nothing thinking. There are degees of closure. A locked car door can be opened w a crowbar Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2025 #25
I don't actually have the capacity to "close" my vagina Crunchy Frog Jun 2025 #26
Again, closing does not mean sealing or require sealing or locking. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2025 #27
The anus actually has a sphincter muscle Crunchy Frog Jun 2025 #28
The anus is voluntary and involuntary, like breathing is voluntary and involuntary. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2025 #29
You wrote this: BeerBarrelPolka Jun 2025 #32
It should have gone in a worse direction. Igel Jun 2025 #23
I'm getting the feeling Retrograde Jun 2025 #30
Another example: Google AI claiming that a white man is actually black. W_HAMILTON Jun 2025 #31
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