# Are we going to war with the norks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 7, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194 "2017-10-07T11:44:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/21 "2017-10-07T19:06:05Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > As a long-term brit and somewhat expert on slang terms, I can confidently say that this is not a common term for breasts. > > I cannot say for certain that it has never been used but I am certain that it isn’t common enough to have ever reached my ears. > > “waps” “whammers” “shirt-potatoes” “jugglies” “baps”?..yes…“Yonkers”?..not to my knowledge Weird, because a very good and very fun friend of mine enlightened me on the term years ago. He’s probably your neighbour as he lives in a quiet little town just outside of Worthing. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/22 "2017-10-07T19:13:05Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Is there any word, in any language, that when pluralized, has _not_ been used as a slang term for breasts? True, but _yonkers_ rolls better off the tongue than _brooklyns_. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/23 "2017-10-07T20:33:21Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Weird, because a very good and very fun friend of mine enlightened me on the term years ago. He’s probably your neighbour as he lives in a quiet little town just outside of Worthing. It is possibly true in a personal sense, I have no doubt I’ve coined specific terms for body parts that have a very narrow audience indeed but aren’t in wide usage. And I mean is no criticism of your friend here, it is a damn fine word for them and deserves a wider audience. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/24 "2017-10-07T20:37:14Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > … it is a damn fine word for them and deserves a wider audience. …is what I’m saying. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/25 "2017-10-08T01:51:17Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > It is possibly true in a personal sense, I have no doubt I’ve coined specific terms for body parts that have a very narrow audience indeed but aren’t in wide usage. > > And I mean is no criticism of your friend here, it is a damn fine word for them and deserves a wider audience. It is nowhere near as excellent as “shirt potatoes,” which is what I will call them forevermore. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/26 "2017-10-08T02:30:54Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > True, but _yonkers_ rolls better off the tongue than _brooklyns_. A yonker is a young man. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/27 "2017-10-08T02:35:48Z")
We’ve had perhaps 9 threads on this topic by now. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/28 "2017-10-08T02:38:29Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Is there any word, in any language, that when pluralized, has _not_ been used as a slang term for breasts? Testicles? ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/29 "2017-10-08T02:47:20Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > The outcome for NK hasn’t changed, which is what I meant. Therefore the likelihood of war hasn’t changed - it’s suicide for NK to attack Tokyo or Seoul or the US, just like it was suicide for them to attack Seoul before they had nukes. I think the “therefore” here is not justified, as it doesn’t necessarily require a conscious decision by Kim to start a war out of the blue. Mistakes might be made, and/or there could be a ratcheting up of tensions such that somebody’s hand gets forced. The recent improvements in NK’s capabilities, and, yes, Trump being president, makes such scenarios more likely. I’d agree with **Ravenman** and say the odds of war are still only about 10%; but that’s high enough IMO to be unsettling. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/30 "2017-10-08T04:09:14Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > We’ve had perhaps 9 threads on this topic by now. Do you mean threads about yonkers, or threads about nuclear war? 'Cause here at the Dope, it’s apparently difficult for some folks to separate the two concepts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/31 "2017-10-08T05:01:30Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > In a Trumpian twist, we are going to war with the _Snorks_. In a further Trumpian twist, he will accidentally bomb the Smurfs instead. I know a woman whose nickname is “Snorks”. I’m already at war with her - I’m married to her. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/32 "2017-10-08T05:37:14Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I know a woman whose nickname is “Snorks”. I’m already at war with her - I’m married to her. So your wife has [her own theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX_naNKetLo)? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/33 "2017-10-08T05:40:39Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Do you mean threads about yonkers, or threads about nuclear war? > > 'Cause here at the Dope, it’s apparently difficult for some folks to separate the two concepts. 🙂 There is [at least one thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=41111) on yonkers. (Actually, IIRC that thread is the one that led me to The Dope last year–googling to see if anyone else remembered that memory test, I found the thread, then went browsing around the site.) ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/34 "2017-10-08T09:09:18Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Testicles? They have been referred to as “chesticles” ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/35 "2017-10-08T09:10:44Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Do you mean threads about yonkers, or threads about nuclear war? > > 'Cause here at the Dope, it’s apparently difficult for some folks to separate the two concepts. 🙂 Well, both topics are basically about a couple of tits. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194/36 "2017-10-08T11:05:47Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > In a Trumpian twist, we are going to war with the _Snorks_. In a further Trumpian twist, he will accidentally bomb the Smurfs instead. Yeah. There is [actual footage](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2uavp_unicef-bombs-the-smurfs_news) of this. It’s not fake news. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-going-to-war-with-the-norks/798194.md?page=1)