goolies
English
Etymology
Probably from Hindi गोली (golī, “ball; pill; bullet”) or a cognate in other Indian languages.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡuːliz/
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
goolies pl (normally plural, singular gooly)
- (Britain, vulgar slang, usually plural) The testicles.
- 2013 April 8, "The Herpes Cat", Plebs:
- Marcus: Sorry, your "gooly"?
Stylax: Yeah.
Marcus: You can't have one "gooly". It's just your "goolies".
Stylax: No, no, no, no. The whole thing is your goolies, all three of them, but if you're talking about one in particular, you say "gooly".
- Marcus: Sorry, your "gooly"?
- He was getting on my nerves so I decided to kick him in the goolies. That shut him up.
- 2013 April 8, "The Herpes Cat", Plebs:
- (Australia and New Zealand, slang) plural of gooly: pebbles, small rocks.
Synonyms
- (testicles): See Thesaurus:testicles & Thesaurus:male genitalia
References
- “gooly, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1972.
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