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I believe the phrase in question is "Ikea Erotica". Reliance entirely on the anatomic terms can quickly turn a sex scene into "How To" manual, which bores the reader. It should be noted there is a major difference between avoiding vulgar terms and relying entirely on technical terms. You can use phrases such as flowered, manhood, member, sex, etc., without having to sound like you're reading out of a medical dictionary on the reproductive organs. But at the same time, you might want to throw in the occasional cock or pussy. Sex is not a clean act. (Well, unless you have a few particular fetishes, I suppose. To each their own.) At worst its a bestial expression of lust, while at its best its an energetic and exhilarating declaration of love. Trying to hide that just seems...wrong.

As I've said, I began writing over on FFN, and was pointed to AFF to read a fic or two. I also had a few friends from FFN who'd published more explicit work here, and when I wrote my first MA work, this is where it went up. I'm in the process of cleaning up and posting a fic here that's not at all smut. I've done a batch of oneshots that are no sex. We're about writing, and the freedom to write what you want to write. Adult fiction can engage the mind and challenge preconceptions without always being smut. Having said that, the smut can be fun as well.