goolies
English edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Hindi गोली (golī, “ball; pill; bullet”) or a cognate in other Indian languages.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
goolies pl (normally plural, singular gooly)
- (UK, vulgar slang, usually in the plural) The testicles.
- 2012, Ralph Barker, Down in the Drink[1]:
- "My oath," he said, "here's a man got his goolie chit. And I left mine behind. How fat can you get?"
"I've got mine," said Ward quietly, tapping his pocket."
"It's not your goolies I'm worried about," said Curnow.
- 2013 April 8, “The Herpes Cat”, in 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".
- (Australia, slang) plural of gooly: pebbles, small rocks.
Synonyms edit
- (testicles): See Thesaurus:testicles & Thesaurus:male genitalia
References edit
- “gooly, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1972.
