Talk:Washing out mouth with soap

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The common phrase is "wash your mouth in soap" or some varation. I've never heard the term "mouthsoaping" used before. "Mouthsoaping" isn't listed in any major dictionary. I propose we change the title to "Wash your mouth in soap". Samw 22:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

The word mouthsoaping is used in popular culture, in books, and in movies. At my local library the huge dictionary has mouthsoaping in it. The variation is spelled as mouth-soaping. The title if it were changed it would be mouth-soaping. I think it is better to stick with a single word instead of a phrase. Just find good sources and add it to the article. --69.85.161.116 23:29, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Can you please cite the dictionary? Google shows maybe 5000 hits combined for "mouthsoaping" and "mouth-soaping". The top hits are specialized bondage sites. I reassert the common phrase is NOT "mouthsoaping" but some variant of a wordier phrase. Wikipedia should use the most common phrase possible. Samw 01:12, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, it isn't a word, even in the Webster unabridged. It's been several months since this anon user wrote this, I'll move it Epson291 08:19, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. However, Google, shows much more hits for "Wash your mouth out with soap" than the current phrasing. Does anyone want to take a stab at the most common phrasing? Samw 13:03, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I made a guess at what sounded the best without using a pronoun, plus I added a lot of redirects. Epson291 22:56, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

I added many more redirects so that more people with be able to find this page more easily. I also cleaned up the article a little. Andrea Parton (talk) 11:14, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I just added some info on this topic in the main article about soap and created some more redirects to this page, because so many phrases have been used to describe the practice discussed in this article. I think that the current article title is as good as any other would be and I strongly feel that the titles of encyclopedia articles should not contain pronouns. Just my thoughts. Andrea Parton (talk) 11:30, 26 March 2008 (UTC)