# Difference between two slang terms for the male anatomy **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466 "2018-05-19T16:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/21 "2018-05-21T14:25:19Z")
[The T word](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twat) ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/22 "2018-05-21T15:58:35Z")
Ah, right. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/23 "2018-05-21T16:03:10Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [The T word](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twat) 'Taint the only “T” word, though. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/24 "2018-05-21T16:40:06Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Dick = penis > > Cock = erect penis In my dialect, I know not of any such distinction. If I had to say, “cock” sounds slightly dirtier and more sexual to me. In terms of calling someone a dick vs a cock, “cock” has a more forceful sound to it, I think, because of the two “k” sounds, but they’re synonymous, so far as I could tell. My choice of which word to use usually boils down to euphany with the surrounding words. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/25 "2018-05-21T16:45:04Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > If I remember the movie correctly she said, “He tried to touch my Holiest of Holies”.Dennis You may be correct, but I’m remembering the ethical discussion about oral sex from the beginning of _Pulp Fiction_, something about having had one’s tongue in her Holy of Holies. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/26 "2018-05-21T17:07:38Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Why is it that no word for the female sexual anatomy has any positive connotation? Even the innocent word “pussy” is considered bad, especially when applied to a male. And what about the female C word and T word? Nothing is universal. Some women don’t have a problem with referring to their vagina as a pussy or cunt IF it’s a sexual conversation. My wife used those terms before I ever did towards her, and it was/is hot! But she wouldn’t say “I have to go to the doctor and have my pussy examined”. Context counts also. No woman would allow a man on a 98 degree day to say “are you hot, cunt?”. But some would welcome, in the throes of passion “you are my every fantasy. Your hot cunt is making me crazy!” Context. It’s ok to have a cunt but not ok to be called one. Context. > [@mixdenny](#): > > I used to say “puss-puss” for one girl friend who hated “honey pot”. “Honey pot”? Who you lovin’, Winnie the Pooh? :D:p ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/27 "2018-05-21T17:21:33Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > In my dialect, I know not of any such distinction. > > If I had to say, “cock” sounds slightly dirtier and more sexual to me. In terms of calling someone a dick vs a cock, “cock” has a more forceful sound to it, I think, because of the two “k” sounds, but they’re synonymous, so far as I could tell. My choice of which word to use usually boils down to euphany with the surrounding words. I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone refer to another person as a “cock”. “Dick”, for sure. Many, many times. He’s a real dick. That dickwad over there. He’s a real cock. [Does not sound right.] He just cock blocked me. [Sounds right.] He’s acting all cocky about it. [Sounds right] ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/28 "2018-05-21T17:44:21Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone refer to another person as a “cock”. I have. Not very often, mind you. But I’ve heard someone say to a guy “stop being a fucking cock!” or “that guy is just being a cock” a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/29 "2018-05-21T17:53:08Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone refer to another person as a “cock”. “Dick”, for sure. Many, many times. Pretty common among my cohort. “What a fucking cock!” for example. Or “you stupid cock!” ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/30 "2018-05-21T17:57:59Z")
Heh. Anyone in the mood for some [cock](https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyworrall/galleries/72157629770344828/?rb=1) flavored soup? 😃 How about the one with pumpkin, the incest fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/31 "2018-05-21T18:09:26Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > This entire conversation gives me the willies. **DavidwithanR** Johnson is right! ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/32 "2018-05-21T18:52:55Z")
“Wang” is pretty funny in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/33 "2018-05-21T20:09:55Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > “Wang” is pretty funny in my opinion. [Wang! Pay attention!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARXqNc5DGXU) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/34 "2018-05-21T23:30:23Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > “Honey pot”? Who you lovin’, Winnie the Pooh? :D:p At least _Honey Pot_ is preferable to _Jizzbucket_. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/35 "2018-05-21T23:54:31Z")
Pussy can be used as positive/sexual or negative. Also I have heard ‘ovaries’ use in places you would expect to hear the term ‘balls’, as in being bold. As noted above womb is positive. As for the Op’s cock/dick, cock seems more in a sexual, or aroused state. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/36 "2018-05-22T01:11:02Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone refer to another person as a “cock”. “Dick”, for sure. Many, many times. But it’s “F you, cocksucker!” I’ve never heard, “F you, dicksucker.” ---
**Author:** ![pianodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e79b87/32.png) [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/37 "2018-05-22T02:10:39Z")
Thanks for the responses! You all kind of echo my own personal experience with these terms. I was thinking, is there something to the idea of vowels? The short “i” in “dick” making the word less impactful than the longer, darker “ah” sound of “cock”, which may make the word more masculine and powerful sounding? In the same way, “tits” sound small, and “boobs” sound big, because of the short “i” vs. the long “oo”. Are they used interchangeably? Does “tit” refer to the areolae, the nipple, or the entire breast? Maybe I’m overthinking it, but I’d like to imagine that the actual sound of the word makes a difference. Is there a term for this idea? Dave ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/38 "2018-05-22T02:53:07Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone refer to another person as a “cock”. “Dick”, for sure. Many, many times. Calling someone a cock or a cockhead is common enough around here. ---
**Author:** ![johnod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@johnod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnod)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466/39 "2018-05-22T15:31:40Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > “Cunt” is just entirely unsexy to me. It’s an actual turn-off, though not a huge one. Pussy isn’t great, either. But either is preferable to using the term “vagina” for other body parts. How about Peachfish? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-two-slang-terms-for-the-male-anatomy/814466.md?page=1)