Slang term for genitals

Being around junior high locker rooms as a basketball coach for 25 years, I have heard male genitalia called a variety of names. But seeing the word "junk" made me laugh about an incident that happened several years ago.

During a time out one of my players came over to the bench and was quite of upset. I asked him what was the matter and he cried out in quite glorious anguish, "Number 32 is grabbing my junk every time down court!"

I considered this problem and approached the referee. We were both laughing so hard at the end of my explanantion, but I really did want a personal foul called.

Sure enough, the next time down court, #32 committed the felony again and got whistled for a foul. The ref made a signal toward the scorer's table that #32 had been called for holding.

The opposing coach asked what he had been holding. The ref told him without announcing it to the crowd. #32 disappeared from the game and never returned.

We should always feel good about our beautiful bodies and respect them,calling parts 'junk' tells me a lot about the person who penned those words,yes there are lots of slang and really funny names used but to refer to them as just junk is just being disrespectful to ourselves and our amazing bodies.

In Phoenix there is a landmark mountain that has been called "Squaw Peak" for over a hundred years. In the bout of political correctness that swept over us a decade back, it was regarded as an offensive name, and renamed "Piestawa Peak" in honor of a native American young woman who lost her life in the gulf war. Without any intent at disrespect to her, the pilots and air traffic controllers who used the very visible feature as a landmark for visual approaches to the Phoenix airport just kept calling it Squaw Peak, and so it remains to this day in local practice.

My husband calls his penis his "dick" while I'm more likely to use "cock." I'm surprised how many people who know and use the word vagina don't seem to know what a vulva is. I think if my genitals were only my vagina I'd be missing 90% of the fun.

Hugs,

Diane

It's just that usinh the words "penis", "testicles", "dick", "cock" and "balls" gets so boring that I want to use new words when speaking of my genitals. Like the word "Manhood" is a really nice word to use instead of "penis".

This is an interesting thread. I have never really thought of it this way. Growing up, it was just another slang term for the whole package, penis and testicles, and I never associated this junk with the junk you would use to describe something dirty or crappy or useless. But I could see where yeah it is really sad that as young men we are referring to our family jewels as junk.

I can't think of any other examples at the moment but I do hear alot of younger guys using the term *junk* here recently when referring to themselves, though of course it is very situational as to when they use this term. I don't tend to hear it very often when in any type of sexual context.

Yes I'd rather refer to them as my treasures!😃

I like to call mine Nick, Knack and "Paddywack" as my urologist called them when I was a pre teen.

I don't like to refer to it as "junk" package or penis is more acceptable.

It's only "junk" when you don't know how to use it.

That also makes it worthless to anybody else.

Let's get un taboo about it and call it what it is. Though, the nick names are cute some times. We still need to call it what it is and not be afraid to in any setting. I have noticed people are way too up tight about stupid shit. In the gym, office, public what ever why is it so wrong for boys and girls to call a penis a penis, or vagina a vagina? They are medical and scientific terms. Just wandering...

Love ya,

Supposgayguy

^^^^^ We can start with Oprah and her juvenile, stupid vajayjay.

Let's get un taboo about it and call it what it is.

With you 100% on this one Supposgayguy.

why is it so wrong for boys and girls to call a penis a penis, or vagina a vagina? They are medical and scientific terms.

My mother was a nurse, and my father a biologist, so I have always used the medical/scientific terms for pretty much all parts of the body. Why not just call it what it is? Cuts down on all the misunderstandings!

I first heard the term used in a grocery supermarket by a female clerk (and mother) in reference to another female employee who, when bending or kneeling low to reach an item or object, would expose a considerable amount of the crack between her buttocks, and remark, "Who wants to see her junk," in a disgusted manner. Not having heard the term used before, it shocked me how someone could be so derogatory even if the other gal was a bit sloppy with her dress code.

Recently went to the Dermatologist for a my first skin exam. The nurse brought me into the exam room and asked some preliminary questions, gave me an exam gown and said to get undressed but leave my boxers on. The Dr. Came in and started the exam with me seted on the exam table he slipped the gown off and had me stand with me arms stretched to the sides and looked me over from head to toe. He then said "lower your shorts" and examined my butt, he then came around front and looked at my pubic and then said "ok, lift your sac" and he examined my inner thighs. I was a bit surprised he said sac vs scrotum. Has anyone else had a Dr. or nurse use a slang term during an exam?

Hi JonathanC,

I believe your doctor was using the word 'sac' as in an abbreviated form of the term 'scrotal sac' - an alternative anatomical/medical term for the scrotum, and therefore not slang at all.

Thanks for the reply Amy, never even thought of that. He is a relatively young Dr., I am 25 so I had wondered if he used the term to make me feel a little more at ease. Was really not expecting to get totally naked for the exam.

I definitely always want to have the proper terms used. Referring to penis, testicles, scrotum, and anus are part of the excitement for me.

It could have also been that the doctor, young as he was, was using the term because it would be a more familiar word to a younger patient - as in the use of the phrase 'Back, Sac and Crack' when alluding to male depilation.

In that respect he was almost certainly trying to communicate better with you.

I agree with Amy and BigK- he sounded professional enough! It makes me feel slightly more comfortable during a real exam when terms that aren't as formal are used (not slang per se, but "bottom" versus "buttocks", etc) and he seems to have been trying to make you feel more at ease.

JonathanC, I'm sure you know that I am a real nurse, and you bring up a good question that actually made me stop and think for a few minutes. What do I say, and to whom do I say it too? I definitely change what I am saying depending on which gender and how old the person is that I am talking to. For example........

If the woman patient is 60ish or older I almost always call their vagina a vagina. If my patient is NOT uptight and younger I will often say girly parts. They know exactly what I mean and it actually puts them at ease and usually less embarrassed. And no matter what the age is, breasts are always called breasts.

The same actually applies to my male patients. If they are older, penis is called a penis, and a scrotum is a scrotum. If they are on the younger side I still usually call a scrotum, but sometimes will call them "the boys", but I always no matter what the age is, a penis is always a penis.

Now for both sexes and no matter what the age is if the person is uptight and that is their personality I will call their buttocks their bottom. But if they are uptight because they are nervous, or they are comfortable or relaxed, then I will call their bottoms something more slang, like backside, or tush, tushy, or once in a while fanny.

So my guess is he was trying to relate to you, make you feel more relaxed, or more comfortable. Another thing, as BigK mentioned, he was trying to communicate better with you, you would be surpirsed how many adults do not know the proper terms for their major body parts. We don't expect you to know the names of all your bones, muscles, tendons etc, but it would be very nice if everyone knew the proper terms for their body parts that are gender specific, lol.

A little story that relates. When I was working in the ER I had a guy come in, he looked fine, no outwardly signs of bleeding or anything broken etc. I asked him what he came in for and he said he had a problem with "stuff". I said, "okay, what stuff?" He said, "my stuff". I again said "okay, I get that it's your stuff, but what kind of stuff are you meaning?" This went on for a few more minutes until he was finally able to be open enough to point to his body part, which was his penis. He admitted to me later that he honestly didn't know what the medical term for his penis was and he out of respect for me didn't want to say the word dick. I told him I greatly appreciated that he didn't. Then I think my face got a little red, lol. Not really sure.

Mashie

This is an interesting thread since it relates to language. In many countries, such as Belgium and the Netherlands, it can at times be so confusing trying to find a common language when speaking to people from other countries - and believe me there are so many that the Tower of Babel is nothing compared to it nowadays ...

Anyway, in hospitals this must be somewhat of a problem. English is usually the second or last language of resort but even so, many newly arrived have not really mastered that either to any degree, let alone the national languages ...

I wonder how this is handled here, especially since many people do come from cultures which are much more modest and prudish than the present day culture here ...

I agree with you 100 percent agracier. You bring up many great points to ponder.

Mashie

The new slang term for men's genitals is their "stuff". TSA and their prying, probing minions have caused that term to be in vogue, as in "Don't touch my stuff". Another fairly common slang term is "junk". Same usage.

I would rather a doctor communicate with me in terms and language I understand, rather than in doctorese. There have been times I have had to go home and look up some term a doctor used, so I would know what they were saying.

The new slang term for men's genitals is their "stuff". TSA and their prying, probing minions have caused that term to be in vogue, as in "Don't touch my stuff". Another fairly common slang term is "junk". Same usage.

I would rather a doctor communicate with me in terms and language I understand, rather than in doctorese. There have been times I have had to go home and look up some term a doctor used, so I would know what they were saying.

What or who is TSA? And what kind of probing do their minions get up to? You're complaining about doctors using incomprehensible language, but acronyms can be just as mystifying.

As for having to wait until you get home to look up a term, why not just ask the doctor when you are there with him? And anyway, in my experience doctors do not tend to use incomprehensible terms to describe an ailment or condition or whatever. There is little point in using a secret language the patient can't understand ... like TSA ...

Agracier.

Most succinctly put. Karma.

Sorry about the strange acronym. I forgot this is an international board. TSA is the Transportation Security Agency here in the USA. They are the airport screeners that check people for contraband before they can board a plane. They have been known to get very invasive in their techniques...too invasive, even doing strip-searches of passengers. Hope that helps.

TSA is the Transportation Security Agency here in the USA. They have been known to get very invasive in their techniques...too invasive, even doing strip-searches of passengers. Hope that helps.

Thanks ... it's the first time I encountered that acronym. Should stick in my memory now.

Btw - as an aside on strip searches. My mother liked to tell (with very apparent glee and mirth) how in the late '40s/ early '50s she and her cousin , when traveling by train between Paris and Belgium, were questioned by Customs officials when crossing the border. This was a long time ago, when the smuggling of goods now considered to be of little importance like perfume, soap, food items etc, was quite prevalent. The same went for Dutch butter, bacon, cheese smuggled into Belgium.

Anyway, as young ladies in their early twenties, my mother said they were often questioned and asked to show their luggage by the customs officials (who were back then dressed in long trench coats and fedoras, and accompanied by armed border guards or gendarmes - all very intimidating). Apparently my mother's cousin was often taken off for a private search, so often it became a sort of private joke between the two of them, something that got my mother all giggling and making knowing faces. Seems like back then strip searches were just as common, if not more so as now. And some people took them in stride, as part of the experience of crossing borders ...

I have been on the receiving end of the wonderful folks at the TSA for 2 years. My bags were randomly picked to be searched and they found apparently for their liking, that I had too much medical equipment, mostly catheter supplies, for one person. So it landed me a first class ticket on their watch list. From that point on, and again for 2 years, everytime I flew, which was about 6-8 times a year, my bags were searched, and I was either questioned, and or my body was personally searched. Trust me when I tell you, play nice with them. Yes I realize many of them are dorks with small penis', or women who wish they had a penis. And that they feel like James Bond because they are "saving" the world one terrorist at a time, and they have a "cool" badge, but the fact remains, your fate/destiny are in their hands. You piss them off they can and will make your life hell. We have no choice, in Cartman's words, but to respect their author-it-ta! LOL.

Mashie

Mashie, if you hadn't seen this little item in the news a few nights ago, you might enjoy it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7vDdC6PLl8&feature=related. Apparently not all TSA folks are so "wonderful" as described in your tongue-in-cheek comment. Enjoy! (Yes, we do depend on these truly wonderful types who really are essential in our modern era, but it's fun to watch miscreants get their due.)

The longer version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrSHxw0borY&feature=related.