Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. sexual intercourse; thus on a poontang trip, obsessed with seducing women; usu. hetero- but occas. homosexual.

1927		J.H. O’Hara letter 1 Nov. in Bruccoli Sel. Letters 25: First I must get laid [...] I haven’t had any poontang since I was in Germany.
1929		T. Wolfe Look Homeward, Angel (1930) 176: He takes it out in Poon-Tang [...] A week’s subscription free for a dose.
1947		C. Willingham End as a Man (1952) 39: ‘This one was a nigger whore.’ ‘Well, I don’t mind a slab of poon tang every now and then.’.
1955		T. Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Act II: I ast you, Brick, if you was cuttin’ you’self a piece o’ poon-tang last night on that cinder track?
1964		Lavender Lex. n.p.: poontang:– Sex relations. Almost always used in jest, such as: ‘With all this talk, whatever happened to poontang’, meaning, ‘When are we going to get down to sex relations.’.
1967		E. Shepard Doom Pussy 254: The worst piece of poontang I ever had was – was – absolutely magnificent!
1970		(con. 1950s) H. Junker ‘The Fifties’ in Eisen Age of Rock 2 (1970) 102: But mostly the eternal search for a little [...] poontang.
1986		L. Heinemann Paco’s Story (1987) 63: Cain’t get no poontang wid an ugly Ban’Aid on yo’ han’.
1990		E. Ruggero 38 North Yankee 319: I can’t decide what I want to have first [...] a piece of poontang or a hot bath.
2004		J. Ellroy ‘Jungletown Jihad’ in Destination: Morgue! (2004) 327: I saw hos pander poontang.

2. attrib. use of sense 1.

1929		T. Wolfe Look Homeward, Angel (1930) 184: You’ve been on a Poon-Tang Picnic in Niggertown.
1961		G.L. Coon Meanwhile, Back at the Front (1962) 11: What the hell kind of a poon-tang parlor you running anyhow?

3. (also pune, puntang) the vagina.

1947		C. Willingham End as a Man (1952) 121: The expression, poon tang, meaning the winy essence of the Negro female.
1967		D. Simmons ‘Terms Used in a Men’s Dormitory’ in AS XLII:4 229: poontang, n. The vagina.
1970		B. Jackson Get Your Ass in the Water (1974) 160: She had a big fat pass she did the yo-yo with. / It was lined with wool and it was covered with fat, / had a drawstring in it to make it tight like that. / When Annabelle Jones wanna make a poor man moan, / She cock up her leg and turn the hotshot on. / If anybody ask you who told this toast, / tell ’em ole Bullshittin’ R. L. from coast to coast. / ’Cause it’s poontang.
1981		(con. 1966) P. Conroy Lords of Discipline 222: I’d love to stick a big, hot, hairy banana in that sweet piece of Italian poon-tang.
1988		(con. 1930s) C.E. Lincoln The Avenue, Clayton City (1996) 6: I had a girl once with a poontang like a snappin’ turtle.
1992		(con. 1910s) F.M. Davis Livin’ the Blues 36: A woman had a ‘pussy,’ ‘peehole,’ ‘poontang,’ ‘sack-a-madam,’ or ‘booty’.
2001		OnLine Dict. of Playground Sl. 🌐 puntang, pune n. vagina.
2003		‘The Cooter Monologues’ at www.pinkhairedgirl.com 20 Jan. 🌐 Poontang/Poon. [...] You gotta say it with a lot of Os, like ‘Pooooooooooontang.’ Phil uses it like a vagina/sex reference, like, ‘Must obey the poon.’.
2008		J. Lansdale Leather Maiden 212: ‘She had legs just like i lke ’em. Feet on one end, poontang on the other’.

4. a woman or women in general, when seen purely in a sexual context.

1952		(con. 1948) G. Mandel Flee the Angry Strangers 65: Some poontang to cradle my lonesome frame.
1962		S. Longstreet Flesh Peddlers (1964) 41: ‘Don’t tell me you’re fighting all that fine pontang?’ ‘I have no interest in Miss Doubleday romantically.’.
1967		(con. 1950s) McAleer & Dickson Unit Pride (1981) 290: It’s a good thing I had a chance to tear off a piece before [...] Jesus H. Christ, could you walk around all this bare-ass poontang without it coming to attention?
1975		E. Torres Carlito’s Way 28: He dug that young poontang.
1983		‘Heat Moon’ Blue Highways 101: Whiteys [...] don’t mind a little black poontang now and then.
1997–2001		Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 poon n 1. females. Also poon-tang. (‘Lets go check out the poon.’).
2001		T. Fontana ‘Medium Rare’ Oz ser. 4 ep. 9 [TV script] Look at the poontang.
2005		Roger’s Profanisaurus in Viz Apr. 47: cuntsman n. A cocksman, stickman. A Don Juan type, highly skilled in the pursuit of poontang.
2012		M. Wilkerson ‘A Clean White Sun’ in ThugLit Sept./Oct. [ebook] They’re yapping about poontang.

5. in a homosexual context, the penis.

1990

S. Morgan Homeboy 378: I wants to see Savage suck some of this geechee poontang.

6. semen.

1997–2000

College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Poontang {vulgar} (noun) Semen.