# Does any guy actually refer to their genitals as their "Pecker"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 8, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435 "2007-09-08T02:29:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/21 "2007-09-08T15:37:26Z")
The women on farms deal with with raising stock, so it wasn’t to hard to find a grandma that talked about peckers and the like. The kids on a farm see mating animals before they’re school age, and usually beat the city kids to knowing about sex and birth. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/22 "2007-09-08T17:21:31Z")
Pepper Mill uses “pecker” as the standard word for penis. Of course, she may be over 40. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/23 "2007-09-08T17:40:58Z")
In Jr. High where I grew up, ‘‘peter’’ and ‘‘pecker’’ were pretty standard from the 12-14 year old guys. :rolleyes: I wouldn’t call the word archaic. But immature? Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/24 "2007-09-08T17:47:09Z")
[QUOTE=wheresgeorge04] How often does on refer to their penis at all? I mean, I have one, but I seldom mention it - that would be creepy to my niece… Joe [/QUOTE] Ok, I’ll bite. What does your niece have to do with your penis? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/25 "2007-09-08T17:52:07Z")
My husband uses pecker, peter, dick, willy, weiner, and johnson. I don’t think I’ve ever heard him say cock or penis. He does have a Harley. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/26 "2007-09-08T18:40:39Z")
I’ve heard it used, but I’m almost 50. It used to be a common expression here. I even know a little song about it… ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/27 "2007-09-08T19:19:39Z")
I’m 58, and I’ve only heard it used by women, and none younger than me. There’s one near-exception. An old pal once held up a bottle of peppermint schnapps, and he said, “Here, take a slug of this. It’ll make your sticker peck out.” ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/28 "2007-09-08T21:03:09Z")
Only when kidding around. Like, “hey, you’ve been out in the woods; better check your pecker for ticks.” Stupid stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/29 "2007-09-08T23:30:15Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] You mean something that would very unpleasent shoved into one’s netherparts and would probably be better off embedding in stone? Well if you say so. 😃 [/QUOTE] I took it to mean that he had something which only the True King of the Britons could properly use. Good luck with that, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Sanity\_Challenged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Sanity\_Challenged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sanity_Challenged)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/30 "2007-09-08T23:45:25Z")
One of the stories my mother just _loves_ to bring up is from when I was 4 years old (so we’re talking 1978), and some stranger made a comment about how I was squirming around, and I told her “sorry, ma’am, but if I don’t pinch my pecker I’m gonna pee my pants!” It’s one of those out of fashion words that can occassionally be fun to drop into a conversation for comedic effect. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/31 "2007-09-08T23:59:14Z")
Isn’t “pecker” the slang-term-of-choice for most of the crusty old dudes in Stephen King novels? That’s pretty much the only context in which I’ve heard it, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/32 "2007-09-09T00:18:21Z")
When my son, now 17, first presented himself on sonogram, my OB said “It’s a boy! There’s his pecker.” I asked if that was the correct term and he claimed it was. He also said I’d have a short labor. 11 hours later… ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/33 "2007-09-09T01:01:22Z")
[QUOTE=zelie zelerton] Ok, I’ll bite. What does your niece have to do with your penis? [/QUOTE] Just a crude joke, nothing more… Joe ---
**Author:** ![PorcelainBarbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@PorcelainBarbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorcelainBarbie)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/34 "2007-09-09T10:45:32Z")
I use the term, “dong.” ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/35 "2007-09-09T16:02:20Z")
I try to use all the terms. I throw the ol “tallywhacker” in there for good measure. Can’t have 3 or 4 names that you constantly recycle. I’ve been using “pee pee” for a couple of weeks now. Time to change. ---
**Author:** ![rainy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/36 "2007-09-09T16:53:56Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Can’t have 3 or 4 names that you constantly recycle. [/QUOTE] I’ll second this, you need to have lots of names to use. Sort of like several alternate identiites, fake IDs and duffle bags of cash in various bus terminal lockers…uh oh, I’ve said too much. -rainy Oh yeah specifically to the OP, pecker yup. Goober, lots of the time. It’s a medical term; “I’ve gotten a case of Gooberdo.” “Gooberdo?” “Yeah, I noticed the other day my belly now sticks out further than my goober do.” ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/37 "2007-09-09T17:19:32Z")
I think I’ll switch to “Spam Harpoon” now. …just 'cause I can. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/38 "2007-09-10T00:14:06Z")
[QUOTE=Cyn] When my son, now 17, first presented himself on sonogram, my OB said “It’s a boy! There’s his pecker.” I asked if that was the correct term and he claimed it was. He also said I’d have a short labor. 11 hours later… [/QUOTE] You really should have gotten your first sonogram more than 11 hours before you gave birth… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/39 "2007-09-10T00:31:36Z")
You can take a nod from Boccaccio’s **Decameron** and call it “The Dibber Used to Plant Men”. It takes a while to say, but it’s worth it for the effect. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435/40 "2007-09-10T07:48:40Z")
[QUOTE=rainy] “I’ve gotten a case of Gooberdo.” “Gooberdo?” “Yeah, I noticed the other day my belly now sticks out further than my goober do.” [/QUOTE] Nah, that’s what’s known in these parts as “building a shed for my tool”. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-guy-actually-refer-to-their-genitals-as-their-pecker/418435.md?page=3)