# Slang words for Condoms **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 1999, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309 "1999-08-12T13:26:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 1999, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309/1 "1999-08-12T13:26:00Z")
SoxFan59 said that “Sox” is a slang term for condom. I have heard raincoat and a few others. The question is, how many different versions of “condom” are out there? SC ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 1999, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309/2 "1999-08-12T13:45:00Z")
Pecker poncho ---
**Author:** ![wireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 1999, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309/3 "1999-08-12T14:00:00Z")
In England the “traditional” terms for condoms are “french letter” and “johnny”. But I’m sure they’ve invented some better ones since. ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 1999, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309/4 "1999-08-12T14:06:00Z")
A friend of mine, who lives on the East Coast, calls used condoms that wash up on the beach, “Coney Island Whitefish” * * * “…send lawyers, guns, and money…” ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 1999, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309/5 "1999-08-12T15:00:00Z")
## a cap a jimmy hat baby baggie To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 1999, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309/6 "1999-08-12T15:17:00Z")
Whoops, I forgot Rubbers and “gummies”. I heard gummies from a friend who is German. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 1999, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309/7 "1999-08-13T05:50:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Whoops, I forgot Rubbers and “gummies”. I heard gummies from a friend who is German. Interesting – seeing as Gummi Bears are also German. Could this be a final revenge over that whole firebombing of Dresden thing? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 1999, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309/8 "1999-08-14T07:09:00Z")
Balloon, Cheater, Close Combat Sock, Diving Suit, Drop Catcher, Eel Skin, Fear-Not, French Letter, Gasket, Joy Bag, One-Piece Overcoat, Pipe Pull-Over, Port Said Garter, Raincoat, Rubber, Rubber Glove, Safe, Scumbag, Sheath, Shower Cap, Tail Sheath ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 1999, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309/9 "1999-08-30T22:16:00Z")
On a baseball card, for Sparky Lyle, once, was the question, “How long is the pitcher’s rubber?” The answer was, “24 inches” (!!!) Hey, I don’t think even Sparky was \* that \* much of a stud!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 1999, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309/10 "1999-08-30T22:16:00Z")
On a baseball card, for Sparky Lyle, once, was the question, “How long is the pitcher’s rubber?” The answer was, “24 inches” (!!!) Hey, I don’t think even Sparky was \* that \* much of a stud!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 1999, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309/11 "1999-08-30T22:51:00Z")
I’m going to slap on a slicker ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 1999, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-condoms/7309/12 "1999-08-31T16:37:00Z")
“French purse” was the preferred euphemism in Robert Heinlen’s “To Sail Beyond the Sunset.” * * * Chaim Mattis Keller [ckeller@schicktech.com](mailto:ckeller@schicktech.com) “Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.” – Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective