Attractive Words for Testicles (DON'T EXIST)

[Tio_Narratore]

That's hilarious. So many old fairy tales, and even kid's cartoons back in the day, had hidden sexual innuendos in them.

Not to go too far into my lectures in the Anthropology of Sex, but it's frequently more than innuendo, though often metaphoric. Both Pinocchio and its gender-inversion, Little Red Riding Hood, are tales of youths learning to control their sexuality in order to become socially respected, responsible adults. For the boy, his nose is the metaphor for his penis - remember all those embarrassing erections as we males went through puberty, and for the girl, that organ of pure pleasure nestled away under a fold of flesh - the clitoris in its little red hood.

I'm sorely tempted to go on; I do miss my students and my course, and tend to lecture even in my retirement.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Balls mostly, or testes occasionally. Scrotum to my mind means something big and hanging down, like dog's balls, and the word is ugly to my eye. Besides, my balls don't do that, so I write what I know.

 

[AG31]

Sure, but most guys are still thirteen year old boys at heart, especially when it comes to their pork and beans.

True! And never heard that one before!

 

[Priscilla_June]

Seed Keepers!

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Well, just for the record, the Latin root (no pun intended) was ‘testis’, meaning ‘witness’ (think that through). Other English words following that include ‘testament’ and ‘testify’.

There you go, your UFI for the day.

Oh, did anybody mention the term ‘eggs’?

 

[MyBareTorso]

Testes is a bit medical but sounds better than testicles.
Nads is very laddish (where I am, anyhow).
Package is a nice euphemism. Someone's probably going to tell me that 'meat and two veg' isn't used outside Britain, but I rather like that one.

We use meat and two veg in Australia too...a fair slab of our slang is imported from the "mother country"...

 

[ElectricBlue]

We use meat and two veg in Australia too...a fair slab of our slang is imported from the "mother country"...

Also flange and lady curtains for female genitalia (there are worse expressions, but I won't go there). Well, I will, but not to see what's out the window .

 

[Bramblethorn]

Surprised not to see "knackers" yet. Australians occasionally use "Jatz crackers" as rhyming slang (it's a type of savory biscuit) but I don't think that one extends beyond these shores.

 

[mildlyaroused]

I see no reason why terms for balls or nuts should have to be attractive.

No - you're probably right in a general sense. But a lot of joy in my writing process comes from crafting attractive prose.

 

[Britva415]

Testiballs

 

[MrHereWriting]

Guys help.

I've never been happy with the vocabulary we have for testicles. To my ear at least, "balls" sounds sort of childish - or at least not evocative. The same goes for all the alternatives or synonyms I can think of.

The best I've found is to just to refer to them as what they are - "testicles" - and be done with it. I think testicles sounds okay to be honest.

Does anyone have any interesting or attractive alternatives? What do others use?

I've got a few I haven't used. They're more for romance and erotic seduction than the porn I write, but I won't share them. They'll be dismissed for the sake of the thread.

What will make the synonyms, similes, metaphors, etc., for the word 'testicles' attractive? Well, the tone of story, the atmosphere, the words around them, the image/scene/scenario the readers have in their head while the word are being used and by who is using them.

If you can't think of a single word that fits your idea of attractive, then find a different way to make them attractive.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

My personal thesaurus file keeps expanding.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Tackle. Equipment.

 

[bumpercars]

Surprised not to see "knackers" yet.

This is making me realize that "knackered" does not refer to the sort of exhaustion that I thought it did.

 

[Helgamite]

I used to call em 'seed makers'. since that is what they do

 

[MyBareTorso]

Chin bumpers, hangers, cags, swingers, onions, eggs...

 

[Voboy]

This is making me realize that "knackered" does not refer to the sort of exhaustion that I thought it did.

Might, though; an older use of "knacker" was "the person who scraps old ships," which was done at a knacker's yard. So to be knackered meant to be utterly used up.

OP, it depends on the narrator in my case. I've not yet used "goolies," but I've always intended to.

 

[handsolow11]

Tinkle wrinkles

 

[Bramblethorn]

Might, though; an older use of "knacker" was "the person who scraps old ships," which was done at a knacker's yard. So to be knackered meant to be utterly used up.

Also somebody who disposes of dead horses (which might or might not include killing them first).

 

[Rustyoznail]

Not to go too far into my lectures in the Anthropology of Sex, but it's frequently more than innuendo, though often metaphoric. Both Pinocchio and its gender-inversion, Little Red Riding Hood, are tales of youths learning to control their sexuality in order to become socially respected, responsible adults. For the boy, his nose is the metaphor for his penis - remember all those embarrassing erections as we males went through puberty, and for the girl, that organ of pure pleasure nestled away under a fold of flesh - the clitoris in its little red hood.

I'm sorely tempted to go on; I do miss my students and my course, and tend to lecture even in my retirement.

@Tio_Narratore , it's something for "Reviews & Essays".

 

[KachinaDoll]

Balls or testicles. Anything else sounds contrived.

 

[KeithD]

Balls or testicles. Anything else sounds contrived.

Or just a little too cute.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

One of those things where it depends on who's talking, although I've never worried about making them sound cute or erotic. I'm not even sure if I even mention them like that.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Um, 'the boys' as opposed to 'the girls'.

As in "The wet nurse cradled his bouncing baby boys."

 

[Britva415]

As in "The wet nurse cradled his bouncing baby boys."

*playing dumb*

Since when are wet nurses male?