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Jewel vs Vajazzle - What's the difference?

jewel | vajazzle |

As a proper noun jewel

is from the noun jewel, used since the end of the 19th century.

As a noun vajazzle is

(slang) a cosmetic treatment in which jewels are placed on a woman's vulva and/or pubic area.

As a verb vajazzle is

(slang) to decorate a woman's vulva and/or pubic area with jewels.

jewel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
  • A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
  • * ante'' 1611 , (William Shakespeare), '', lines 188–9:
    • Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.
  • (figuratively) Anything considered precious or valuable.
  • * Shakespeare
    • our prince (jewel of children)
  • A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
  • (slang) The clitoris.
  • * 2008 , Another Time, Another Place: Five Novellas
    • The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * bejewel * jeweler, jeweller * jewelled * jewellery, jewelry * jewel in the crown

    Verb

  • To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.

    • vajazzle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A cosmetic treatment in which jewels are placed on a woman's vulva and/or pubic area.
  • * 2010 , " Olly is dazzled by girl fans", The Sun (UK), 2 November 2010:
    • YOU have to feel for OLLY MURS – ladies keep trying to show him their vajazzles .
  • * 2011 , Dan Menhinnet, " Billie Faiers: Posh Spice should get vajazzled", The Sun (UK), 27 September 2011:
    • TELLY beauty Billie Faiers has suggested Victoria Beckham get a vajazzle to perk up her sex life.
  • * 2011 , " The TOWIE effect hits pound stores as sales of £1 vajazzles soar", The Sun (UK), 22 December 2011:
    • A vajazzle from a beautician can cost anywhere between £20 and £100, but pound stores started stocking the accessory earlier this month.

    Verb

  • (slang) To decorate a woman's vulva and/or pubic area with jewels.
  • * 2010 , Mary Elizabeth Williams, " The secrets of 'vajazzling'", Salon , 15 January 2010:
    • Discussing her new memoir "The Day I Shot Cupid," debut author [Jennifer Love] Hewitt said that after a painful breakup, "A friend of mine Swarovski-crystalled my precious lady and it shined like a disco ball," adding the imperative that "women should vajazzle their vajayjays."
  • * 2011 , Amy Childs, " Victoria Beckham is my next vajazzle target", Metro (UK), 27 April 2011:
    • 'My biggest dream cameo would be fellow Essex girl Victoria Beckham. I'd love to vajazzle her,' she admitted.
  • * 2011 , " Celebrity Big Brother 2011: 'Spicy' Sally Bercow's Sex Life Slip-Up", Daily Star (UK), 20 August 2011:
    • Sally Bercow 41, told fellow Celebrity Big Brother housemate Amy Childs she had no plans to get vejazzled , then teased: "My life is spicy enough."
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