# Does "hung" refer to a penis that is large while flaccid? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 31, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516 "2014-07-31T18:55:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/1 "2014-07-31T18:55:50Z")
'Cause an erect penis, large or not, does not hang. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/2 "2014-07-31T19:00:41Z")
[https://www.google.com/search?q=well+hung#q=define:well+hung](https://www.google.com/search?q=well+hung#q=define:well+hung) Also noting the OPs name and question combo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/3 "2014-07-31T19:00:45Z")
“Hung” means having a big pecker. Hard or soft hasn’t ever come into it, in any usage I can recollect. Erect penises do hang - they just don’t hang _down_. (Usually.) They hang off the base of the torso, even if they’re pointed at the, uh, moon. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/4 "2014-07-31T19:03:12Z")
Yeah, it can refer to either state. Additionally, a “grower” may not be hung while flaccid, but have an incredible increase in size and girth when erect. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/5 "2014-07-31T19:55:56Z")
It just means big, although I’d be more interested in the erect size. Some guys that look big soft don’t really get much bigger hard and a lot of guys that don’t seem all that impressive soft get huge. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/6 "2014-07-31T20:32:20Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > Additionally, a “grower” may not be hung while flaccid, but have an incredible increase in size and girth when erect. That’s what [David](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Michelangelos_David.jpg) keeps telling me. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/7 "2014-07-31T21:38:12Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > That’s what [David](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Michelangelos_David.jpg) keeps telling me. Yes, let’s hope David is a “grower”; otherwise he’s abnormally small, for someone who isn’t obese. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/8 "2014-07-31T21:41:50Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Yes, let’s hope David is a “grower”; otherwise he’s abnormally small, for someone who isn’t obese. The Mediterranean Sea is just _really_ cold, guys. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/9 "2014-07-31T21:42:28Z")
Yep. Hung means a great big ol’ floppy thing. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/10 "2014-07-31T21:48:10Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > Yep. Hung means a great big ol’ floppy thing. It should anyway. Lots of guys claim to be hung when they’re in the 7-7.5 range. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/11 "2014-07-31T22:05:15Z")
Hung - what a vivid visual. 😃 I’ve always associated the slang expression with a large penis in the natural hanging position. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/12 "2014-07-31T23:16:58Z")
Yes, that is the correct use of the word “hung”. You would use “hanged” if referring to an execution of a condemned criminal. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/13 "2014-07-31T23:20:28Z")
In passing it should be noted that there are those who are “hung like a mosquito” so it does vary. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/14 "2014-08-01T06:11:40Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > It should anyway. Lots of guys claim to be hung when they’re in the 7-7.5 range. Whereas I bet _you’re_ hung like a gorilla, eh? 😉 Yes, I know ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/15 "2014-08-01T06:22:28Z")
In Classical Greece, it was a beauty ideal for younger boys to have smaller dicks. They were, after all, the receiving partner. Another theory says The David is small because he shows fear of the fight against Goliath. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/16 "2014-08-01T06:38:04Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Another theory says The David is small because he shows fear of the fight against Goliath. I hear Goliath was hung like a giant. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/17 "2014-08-01T06:54:22Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Whereas I bet _you’re_ hung like a gorilla, eh? 😉 > > Yes, I know For a gorilla, I’d be freaking mammoth. (as would virtually any adult male of course…) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/18 "2014-08-01T10:18:04Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > For a gorilla, I’d be freaking mammoth. (as would virtually any adult male of course…) 😉 Hence the white text. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/19 "2014-08-01T15:05:44Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Hence the white text. 😃 Yes, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516/20 "2014-08-01T18:58:35Z")
What is this, a dick-measuring contest? 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hung-refer-to-a-penis-that-is-large-while-flaccid/694516.md?page=2)