Merkin

merkin bụ okpu nke pubic. Merkins bu ihe akwuna na eyi bu ma ha kpuo mons pubis ha mana umunwoke na umunwaanyi ji ya eme ihe nkwalite mma maobu ngwa erotic.

 Akụkọ ihe mere eme na mmalite 
The Oxford Companion to the Body na-egosi mmalite nke wig pubic na 1450s. Dị ka mbipụta ahụ si kwuo, ụmụ nwanyị ga-akpụ ntutu isi ha maka ịdị ọcha onwe onye na iji lụso akọrọ ọgụ. Mgbe ahụ, ha ga-eyi merkin. Ọzọkwa, ndị ọrụ mmekọahụ ga-eyi merkin iji kpuchie ihe ịrịba ama nke ọrịa, dị ka syphilis.Oxford Companion to the Body Oxford University Press, 2002

The Oxford English Dictionary dates the first written use of the term to 1617. The word probably originated from malkin, a derogatory term for a lower-class young woman, or from Marykin, a pet form of the female given name Mary.

Mgbe ụfọdụ na ime ihe nkiri, ụmụ nwanyị na-eme ihe nkiri nwere ike iyi merkins iji zere ikpughe akụkụ ahụ e ji enwe mmekọahụ n'amaghị ama n'oge ndị gba ọtọ ma ọ bụ ndị gba ọtọ. Ọnụnọ nke merkin na-echebe onye na-eme ihe nkiri ahụ site n'ịgba ọtọ "n'ihu" n'amaghị ama nke nwere ike inye aka hụ na ihe nkiri ahụ na-enweta ọkwa MPAA na-adịchaghị mma.Duchovny, David DVD commentary for Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal'

A pụkwara iji merkin mee ihe mgbe onye na-eme ihe nkiri ma ọ bụ onye na-ese ihe nkiri nwere ntutu isi ole na ole karịa ka achọrọ, dị ka ndị na-agba egwú ọtọ na The Bank Job .  Amy Landecker yi merkin na A Serious Man (2009) maka ebe a na-asa ahụ n'anwụ ọtọ; ịkpụ afụ ọnụ dị ọcha abụghị ihe a na-ahụkarị na 1967 mgbe a na-eme ihe nkiri ahụ.Lindsy Van Gelder (26 August 2009). "Your Bikini Line, Your Business?" Allure.

 A kwadebere Lucy Lawless maka merkin maka usoro TV nke 2010 Spartacus: Blood and Sand, mana o jighị ya mee ihe.Lucy Lawless. Interview for Entertainment Weekly
 N'ajụjụ ọnụ maka Allure, Kate Winslet kọrọ otú o si jụ iyi merkin na The Reader.
 Na São Paulo Fashion Week na 2010, ụlọ ọrụ na-emepụta ihe Neon yi uwe ejiji na-enweghị ihe ọ bụla na plastik na-ahụ anya. Dị ka onye mmepụta ahụ si kwuo, onye na-ese onyinyo ahụ na-eyi wig pubic iji mee ka ọ dịkwuo mma."Mehr Transparenz auf dem Laufsteg". Der Spiegel.
 N'ajụjụ ọnụ, Gina Gershon kpughere na o yi merkin na Killer Joe.Graham, Bill (26 July 2012). "Interview: 'Killer Joe' Stars Emile Hirsch and Gina Gershon on Getting Dirty, Single Takes and a Chicken Bone". Thought Catalog.
 N'okwu onye nduzi nke The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, onye nduzi David Fincher tụlere otu esi eji merkin mee ihe maka onye na-eme ihe nkiri Rooney Mara, mgbe ọ tụụrụ ya aro na onye ọ gosipụtara na ihe nkiri ahụ bụ isi uhie n'akwụkwọ ahụ ma tee ntutu isi ya oji. N'ihi ya, e mere merkin ọ na-eyi na-acha ọbara ọbara. Maka ntọhapụ nke ihe nkiri ahụ na Japan, Fincher kwuru, sị: "Ekwenyere m na Japan anyị ga-etinye mosaic n'elu ya n'ihi na a na-ewere ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ adịgboroja dị ka ... ihe ọjọọ. ""Rooney Mara Naked, Merkin Details For 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo'". The Huffington Post. 13 December 2011. 
 Na ihe nkiri Stanley Kubrick bụ Dr. Strangelove, Onye isi ala nke United States, nke Peter Sellers mere, nwere isi nkwọcha ma kpọọ ya "Merkin Muffley".
 Na ihe nkiri ndị Ịtali La Pelle (English: The Skin), nke na-ewere ọnọdụ n'oge ndị agha jikọrọ aka weghaara Naples mgbe Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ gasịrị, a na-eme merkins na-acha anụnụ anụnụ maka ndị akwụna nọ n'ógbè ahụ ka ha bụrụ ndị na-acha ọbara ọbara maka ndị agha US. 
 Na usoro telivishọn Black Sails, Jessica Parker Kennedy yi wig pubic.
 Na ihe nkiri The Greasy Strangler, onye Janet na-eyi merkin.
 Na ihe nkiri Never Been Kissed, aha onye na-enyere Josie Gellar aka bụ Merkin. Ọ bụ Sean Whalen gosipụtara onye ahụ.
 N'afọ 2022, na nzaghachi maka mgbanwe nke Gender Recognition Act na Scotland, Elaine Miller na-eyi wig pubic na-enwu n'ụlọ omebe iwu Scotland na mkpesa.