Let’s talk about the “vajayjay”

Welcome to Pop Lexicon, The A.V. Club’s new series with Kory Stamper, Merriam-Webster lexicographer and editor, where she reveals the origins of America’s favorite colloquialisms. In the inaugural episode, Stamper examines the story of “vajayjay,” the euphemistic slang for vagina made popular by Grey’s Anatomy and RuPaul’s Drag Race.