Too young to say suppository

When I was a child about 9 years old I suffered with constipation and being in the 1960s the default remedy was a glycerin suppository. My mother would explain and show me and when told she was going to push it up my bottom I protested. But this was of no use as I was then made to lay down on my bed with my underwear down behind my knees and my mother lifting my legs up and back to reveal her target. I wrigged and was red in the face with anger, but once that vaselined suppository was in my anus it was then gently pushed high up me. My mother told me it needs to melt, so for some reason I latched on to the term melt. So from there on in, I ask if I was going to get a melt up my bottom. Anyone else have different name for suppository?

I love to call them 'pooper-snoopers' 😄

Dad called them bum torpedos. They were also referred to as bullets because of the shape. We got them for nausea and fever most of the time. Also administered in the pants half down, legs up position. We then had to lie and wait for 20 tp 30 mins and wait for it to melt.

The commonly used term in France is "suppo" (short for "suppositoire").

As a child, I referred to suppositories as “torture”. Not out loud, but in my mind. Out loud, I called them “please-I-don’t-need-a-suppository”.

Back in the 50's and 60's, the term suppository was was quite new to myself and older sister. We always got enemas if an intervention was deemed necessary.

Our younger sisters from baby to toddler, were often given a long thin suppository as our pediatricians changed. Mom, grandma, and aunt used to call or discuss those interventions in front of us and we often observed the different treatments.

While we each were aware when those treatments were given to one of us, we weren't asked or required to demonstrate. On the other hand, if we teased or hazed each other, we knew it was likely we'd be "treated" with the same treatment.

I always believed that an enema and suppository were the same thing when very young. When discussing the order for a suppository from the doctor's office, mom or grandma were left with a choice. I always got the enema in the bath tub!

I felt a deep embarrassment every time I heard the word suppository at home. Since I was the only sibling my parents had, when I heard the word I assumed they were talking about "me and my suppositories"

I tried not to mention that word either. It felt very threatening somehow.