I know sex scene vocabulary is very much a case of ymmv...

[ratcreature]

...but why would anyone pick "spongy" to describe a penis in a sex scene? It's such an unpleasant sounding word. I associate it with mushrooms or maybe moss, not anything arousing. Granted I appreciate penises in sex scenes mostly for their narrative function, rather than their physical details, spongy or otherwise, so...

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Spongy penises?

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Yes!
0 (0.0%)

No!
29 (82.9%)

I'm feeling neutral towards this description.
6 (17.1%)

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[disterra]

i've never read 'spongy' being used in that context either. weird and would definitely throw me off the mood.

[ratcreature]

I've seen it a couple of times in fanfic, though the encounter prompting this post was in a pro m/m romance. It thankfully isn't a super popular descriptor.