34. Bailey’s euphemism ‘vajayjay’ came from an assistant
Miranda Bailey’s iconic term for a lady’s private area actually came from an assistant who used the term on set one day.
The phrase quickly caught on
Shonda admitted to Oprah that she overheard the word and loved it so much that she decided to write it into the show.
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She said:
‘In one of our first shows, we used the word ‘penis’ about 32 times—but when we said ‘vagina’ twice, the broadcast-standards people blinked. We fought that and won—but ‘va-jay-jay’ is our favourite alternate term.’
35. The show may never end
According to Shonda Rhimes, the show used to have an ending that was carefully planned.
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However, it got so successful that she decided to scrap the original ending and come up with a new one.
She also said the show would probably carry on for as long as Ellen Pompeo will play Meredith Grey.
Woop woop!
36. The producers released a novel
The book was released in 2006 and consists of a number of blog posts from the point of view of the characters Nurse Debbie and Joe the Bartender.
The book was written by executive producer, Stacy McKee.
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