Totty vs. minge

[nq:1]I had always understood "totty" to be a simile for "minge", i.e. not gender neutral, cf. lavatories in "Men Behaving ... edition of Chambers, however, under tot(1), that "totty" or "tottie" means "sexually attractive young people generally". Do we have Views?[/nq]
"Totty" seems to be an equivalent to the AmE "***" and when preceded by "some" indeed it is. Unlike "***", though, it's not a

[nq:1]I had always understood "totty" to be a simile[/nq]
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[nq:1]for "minge", i.e. not gender neutral, cf. lavatories in "Men Behaving Badly" being marked "Blokes" and "Totty". I discover in the current edition of Chambers, however, under tot(1), that "totty" or "tottie" means "sexually attractive young people generally". Do we have Views?[/nq]
I'd say "totty" refers to females, but I

[nq:1]I had always understood "totty" to be a simile for "minge", i.e. not gender neutral, cf. lavatories in "Men Behaving ... edition of Chambers, however, under tot(1), that "totty" or "tottie" means "sexually attractive young people generally". Do we have Views?[/nq]
Building company in Manchester, innit? Much hilarity due to their big signs around the place. I ran into an attractive female

[nq:2]I had always understood "totty" to be a simile for ... means "sexually attractive young people generally". Do we have Views?[/nq]
[nq:1]Building company in Manchester, innit? Much hilarity due to theirbig signs around the place. I ran into an attractive female colleague last week who was standing under one of them and said it was an apt description. Gosh, did she laugh.

[nq:1]But let's have a big "WHOA!" for Ignatius. "Minge" is several shades more obnoxious than "***", of which it is ... it means, and I don't think that could easily have survived alongside the obscene use. *rhyming with "dingy", not "dinghy".[/nq]
I know that "mingy", but I never heard of "minge" - is it a recent word, or was I just too gently reared to have heard it?

[nq:2]I had always understood "totty" to be a simile for ... means "sexually attractive young people generally". Do we have Views?[/nq]
[nq:1]Building company in Manchester, innit?[/nq]
Actually based in Bradford. No, not the Bradford in Manchester, the one in Yorkshire.

Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England

[nq:2]But let's have a big "WHOA!" for Ignatius. "Minge" is ... survived alongside the obscene use. *rhyming with "dingy", not "dinghy".[/nq]
[nq:1]I know that "mingy", but I never heard of "minge" - is it a recent word, or was I just too gently reared to have heard it?[/nq]
The latter, Fran! It may be quite rare, too.

Mike.

[nq:1]not marked tot(1),[/nq]
Hang on here though; I've only heard Totty in the last ten or so years (I think I encountered it in Viz). I had no idea of a pudenda connection - AFAIK totty is synonomous with a 'nice bit of stuff'. I certainly wouldn't have used it to Attractive Female Colleague (who just laughed) otherwise, without expecting a (justified) smack in the mouth.
Nice to see the

[nq:2]But let's have a big "WHOA!" for Ignatius. "Minge" is ... survived alongside the obscene use. *rhyming with "dingy", not "dinghy".[/nq]
[nq:1]Hang on here though; I've only heard Totty in the last ten or soyears (I think I encountered it in ... certainly wouldn't have used it to Attractive Female Colleague (who just laughed) otherwise, without expecting a (justified) smack inthe mouth.[/

[nq:1]"Totty/ie" was around in the sixties, equivalent to "bird", "chick". No pudendosity in my hearing. Quote from student actor seeking the make-up expert: "Where's the good-news tottie with the nine and five?" Partridge Historical says it meant "high-class ***" in the late 19C, though.[/nq]
I've heard it a few times on BBC TV and sometimes I've wondered if it was "tart/tarty" which has that