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TIL a Merkin is a wig for the pubic area. It is typically used by women as a bedroom accessory or as a way to disguise their pubic area in films.
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Pictured: Hollywood’s biggest merkin, Jared Leto.
It was also made from beaver pelts which is where that certain idiom comes from.
I believe the merkin also dates back earlier to the 1400s, as a way to disguise STD symptoms after shaving the pubic area, before awareness and prevention/treatments were available
That’s such a weird gray area sometimes. I was in a play with full frontal female nudity in one scene. She was wearing a Merkin because the community wouldn’t tolerate full frontal nudity. So she looked naked. The audience thought she was naked. But she wasn’t naked, so it was okay.
it’s also used to refer to people from the USA since George W. Bush popularised the pronunciation.
Originated as a way to get a normal look after shaving to eliminate fleas and lice.
When my grandmother went through chemo my aunts bought her a Merkin as a joke. I hadn’t seen her laugh so much during that time.
“A merkin is a pubic wig that actors wear in nude scenes, but it is also considered fashionable and sported at events such as Burning Man. ”
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Wait, what? How do you end the article on a cliffhanger like that?
My bitches be twerkin they merkin
Hence [President Merkin Muffley](https://imdb.com/title/tt0057012/).
There’s a brewery in Colorado, “Oskar Blues,” who used to have the “MurCan Club.” You would get a goblet to drink out of and other benefits.
Not sure many customers got the joke.
Merkin: Ahh finally I understand Morbius.
Very popular in Korea.
Did you just watch Jay and Silent Bob reboot?
Merkins are needed for R or X movies with historical accuracy likely male or female.
It always looks so obvious. Not sure where the gender equality is that men go full frontal but such a taboo for labia.
Wow, I have led such a sheltered life. And I still have no clue why so many on Reddit think Jared Leto is a tool. Why the hate? I know nothing about him, so am oblivious.