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balls

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Definition


Testicles. Also used to indicate courage.

Context : Popular Culture, Social Life
Category: Idiom
Semantic: cajones, courage, nerve

Usage of “balls”

  1. You gotta have balls to go sky diving.

  2. She kicked him in the balls.

Examples of idiom “balls” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'weeddude'
    weeddude:

    Damn this heat sucks donkey balls here in NYC. Just dominated a bottle of Vitamin water and some fruit.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'evenflowdave'
    evenflowdave:

    @tom_watson thanks for having the balls to stand 4 what people and not the corporations want. It's a shame more politicians don't #DEBill

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'sgalineau'
    sgalineau:

    I don't have the balls to contract but JFM is a great gig RT @hillel ...looking for great contract developers who want to learn iPhone SDK

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'HardyM'
    HardyM:

    Soooo, this week's 24. Holy shit! Looks like the writers grew their balls back

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'nikpasic'
    nikpasic:

    Amazing how much respect a firefighter carries. Props to them too. It takes balls of steel to run into a fire for someone you don't know.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'natrl_redhead'
    natrl_redhead:

    fate's kicking me in the metaphorical balls today. 2.5 hours at the dentist makes me believe someone up there doesn't like me