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testicles

NOUN

testes

Synonyms

STRONGEST

family jewels

STRONG

ballocks balls gonads male genitalia male genitals nuts rocks

WEAK

cullions

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What is another word for testicles?

The testicles are the testes (singular testis). They are enclosed within the scrotum. Functionally, the testicles are gonads—reproductive glands. Testicles and testes are both formal, straightforward terms. As with all genitals (aka private parts), there are many, many euphemisms and slang terms for them. By far, the most common slang term for testicles is balls. More crude but also common is nuts. Similar slang terms are stones and rocks. Gonads gives us the slang term nads (and the even slangier nards). There are many other terms, like bits and marbles. The Spanish loanword cojones is sometimes used. Like balls and other slang terms for testicles, it’s also used to mean boldness or courage. The word pair is often used in this way. A more fanciful euphemism is the family jewels. An especially British word is ballocks (sometimes spelled bollocks), which is also used as a general swear word. Some slang phrases, such as twig and berries, refer to the penis and the testicles together. Some terms refer to them collectively—one example is junk.

Are testicles and testes the same thing?

Yes, the words testicles and testes are interchangeable. Testes is more commonly used in formal and technical anatomical and medical contexts. Testicles is the straightforward term most commonly used in nontechnical contexts.

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Red-Dot Sights These sights use battery power to project a single, illuminated dot within a sighting tube, although some models now feature reticles.

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Both scopes will be available with two reticles, the Plex and the 4A.

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Even the reticles are handmade, and an individual, not a machine, glues each piece of glass into place.

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The Modern Riflescope It used to be that scope sights came in 4X and had standard crosshair reticles, and that was it.

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Now scopes are big and heavy and variable powered, have controls that belong on the instrument panel of an F-16 fighter, and come outfitted with reticles that only optical engineers can comprehend.

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