# I've Had a Vasectomy. I Am: **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 20, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946 "2011-09-20T14:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/1 "2011-09-20T14:27:57Z")
Vasectomied? Vasectified? Vasectomized? By the way, what’s the difference between a man who has had a vasectomy and a man who hasn’t had a vasectomy? There’s a _vas deferens_! > **[Welcome to Instant Rimshot](http://instantrimshot.com/)** > > If you need quick access to an ironicly-placed rimshot sound to mock your friends, or a genuinely-placed rimshot to put your great joke over the top, you've come to the right place. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/2 "2011-09-20T14:30:58Z")
I’d go with “surgically sterile,” but “vasectomized” is my personal favorite. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/3 "2011-09-20T14:33:02Z")
“Vay-sected”? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/4 "2011-09-20T14:37:57Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Vasectomied? Vasectified? Vasectomized? > > By the way, what’s the difference between a man who has had a vasectomy and a man who hasn’t had a vasectomy? There’s a _vas deferens_! very punny. you’re shooting blanks. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/5 "2011-09-20T15:22:36Z")
Impotent. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/6 "2011-09-20T15:26:21Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Impotent. I think you were looking for “infertile”. Personally, I’d go with “snipped.” “The Snip” is pretty commonly recognized as the term for a vasectomy. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/7 "2011-09-20T15:43:41Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Impotent. Did you know that I took a limo to the Urologist’s office the day I had my procedure? I figured if I was going to **be** impotant, I needed to **look** impotant! Thanks everyone for the help. I’m actually looking for the accepted term in, you know, a scholarly (or whatever) context. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/8 "2011-09-20T15:44:32Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > I think you were looking for “infertile”. All men are infertile. Only women can be fertile. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/9 "2011-09-20T16:03:54Z")
Sterilized. ---
**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 20, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/10 "2011-09-20T16:07:07Z")
> [@Acid\_Lamp](#): > > Sterilized. This. Or “snipped.” Which I use depends on who I’m speaking to, mostly. Which occasions my mentioning my two dear lesbian friends who are trying to spawn, and who, to date, are the only women to express regret that I am unable to father a child. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/11 "2011-09-20T16:12:38Z")
My vasectomized relatives refer to themselves as neutered. Medical professionals say vasectomized or surgically sterile. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/12 "2011-09-20T16:19:52Z")
I just say I’ve had the supply lines shut down. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/13 "2011-09-20T16:25:28Z")
Inconceivable! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/14 "2011-09-20T16:25:58Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > All men are infertile. Only women can be fertile. Men are productive (or unproductive) then? ---
**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 20, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/15 "2011-09-20T16:42:36Z")
Oh, and I also use “child-proofed” if I’m in a particularly euphemistic mood. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/16 "2011-09-20T17:10:55Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Impotent. False, impotent, is used to describe a male who is unable to copulate due to their inability to acheive and/or maintain an erection. It does not necessarilly denote whether a male is fertile or not. > [@Acsenray](#): > > All men are infertile. Only women can be fertile. False. > [@Acid\_Lamp](#): > > Sterilized. Yep, or simply to answer the OP, vasectomized. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/17 "2011-09-20T17:24:39Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > False, impotent, is used to describe a male who is unable to copulate due to their inability to acheive and/or maintain an erection. It does not necessarilly denote whether a male is fertile or not. False, impotent can either mean inability to achieve erection or general inability to father a child. > [@](#): > > False. I false your false. Men can be virile or potent, but they cannot be fertile. Fertility denotes the side where the seed is grown, not the side that contributes the seed. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/18 "2011-09-20T17:27:03Z")
If a lobotomy patient has been lobotomized, I’d say that vasectomized is the logical choice. (Although my spell checker doesn’t recognize it.) ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/19 "2011-09-20T17:44:58Z")
Free to move about the country ---
**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:** [September 20, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-a-vasectomy-i-am/596946/20 "2011-09-20T17:57:25Z")
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