There's a controversy over this year's winner of the Newbery Medal, the Pulitzer of children's books. “The Higher Power of Lucky,” by Susan Patron, has a naughty word in it, one that's sending some parents and librarians into an absolute tizzy. The word?
Scrotum.
The book’s heroine, Lucky, hears the word through a hole in a wall when another character says he saw a rattlesnake bite his dog Roy on the scrotum.
“Scrotum sounded to Lucky like something green that comes up when you have the flu and cough too much,” the book continues.
People want this book banned for that word. It may be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Holden Caulfield and his "fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck," maybe. But "scrotum"? It's a body-part, people. And it's actually the correct name for it!
Somehow I think these people would've been less offended if the author had used any of the billion euphemisms boys have for their scrotum. Shows how immature adults really can be.
"Psssst. Hey, kid. Yeah, you. Come here. So, kid, you know your nut-sack? Your ball-pouch? Well -- come closer -- doctors and scientists actually call it the scrotum."
Oh, the horror!
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