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cajones

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Definition


Courage. 

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

Spanish loan word meaning testicles.

Usage of “cajones”

  1. I don't have the cajones to jump of the cliff into the lake.

Examples of idiom “cajones” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'dadekian'
    dadekian:

    @TheUnknownChef Don't have it on my phone here, something with radio and cajones in the subject.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'cmclementi'
    cmclementi:

    @Joe_Burnett my friend goes to her all the time! I am going to request her when I finally get the cajones to get my first ink job!

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'MamaPedal'
    MamaPedal:

    Dash Delivery Services guy cut me off and then had the cajones to stop on an on-ramp and get out of his truck to yell at me.