Enema in Australia.

Hi all,

Over the years that I have enjoyed the use of enemas it has often been called by another name. I think the name was mainly used by Australians and possibly NZ.

Does any one remember that special name, if so would love to here from you.

Willene 🙄

@Willene - I've heard the word Bougie mentioned but have only ever known the term enema. Amongst nursing compendiums & the once popular "Handbook Of Home Remedies" & "Ladies Handbook" of the early to mid 20th century some referenced it as Enemata (pluralised) or Coloclyster

Bougie per se technically is incorrect, as they are medically designated as body aperture( passageway) dilators /plugs designed to be used mainly in surgical applications

www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12497

Thats correct T A, in my past that was a common name . People would say I think you need a Soapy Bougie.

It was quite often used in my earlier years. The word Bougie still excites me greatly, sadly others don't use the term.

I still ask for a Bougie or say to the other half I am going to give myself a good Bougie. 😃

Surely someone must remember the enema being called a bougie 🙄

Give it time fellow Aussie 😃

Yes we used that word too, it was pronounced boogee with the emphasis on the second syllable. We still use that name

I have heard it called a number of things but the name ENEMA has a certain ring to it and some sexual connotations However in my younger days my mom always called it "The rump pump" and I always looked forward to having a pumping

"Rump pump" is a great description of the Higginson syringe, in my opinion the best device for administering an enema.

Thinking 😁

My next door neighbour on the Central Coast certainly used the term “Bougee”. I distinctly remember him asking my grandmother whether he should give his son a bougee.

Thinking 😁