wedding tackle

noun

wedding tackle

noun

Etymology Likely from the fishing-related sense of tackle, as though a man can use it to reel in a woman.

1

Colloquial, Humorous The penis.

  • This is a coy way of describing a bulbous false proboscis that makes Tom Mannion's visage look, shall we say, very well-hung. As a cubist caprice, Dame Nature here seems to have stationed his wedding tackle between his eyes.1992 September 26, Paul Taylor, “Theatre: Who're you looking at, Jacques?: Communicado's Glaswegian production of Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 11 Jul 2020:
  • The poor guy even got painfully kicked in the groin, or the "wedding tackle" — as it was called on the Mike & Mike show.2013 November 26, Maureen Dowd, “Pigskin Pride and Prejudice”, in New York Times, retrieved 11 Jul 2020:
Synonyms
male genitalia

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