# The Most Influential Bell-ends of 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-influential-bell-ends-of-2018/827175 "2019-01-04T00:51:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-influential-bell-ends-of-2018/827175/1 "2019-01-04T00:51:44Z")
The Daily Mash (a satire site) has a [little list](https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/features/the-most-influential-bellends-of-2018-20181230180921). > [@](#): > > Theresa May > In 2018 Theresa’s grim determination to hang on in there has been an inspiration to unwelcome guests, stubborn stains and unflushable turds everywhere. > > … > > Donald Trump > An obvious but necessary inclusion in the list. The big question is what nonsense will pop into his head in 2019. Rumour has it his CIA bodyguards prevent him from watching The Handmaid’s Tale in case it gives him ideas. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-influential-bell-ends-of-2018/827175/2 "2019-01-04T16:08:21Z")
As a non-Brit, I find the term “bell-end” amusing. I do know what it means, and that it’s an insult, but it sounds pretty innocuous to my North American ears. I like the linked article, too. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-influential-bell-ends-of-2018/827175/3 "2019-01-04T16:12:35Z")
Whereas I opened this thread just to find out what the heck a “bell-end” is. From the context, I’m guessing that it’s something like a horse’s ass? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-influential-bell-ends-of-2018/827175/4 "2019-01-04T16:17:36Z")
It refers to the head of the penis, and also means a jerk or an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-influential-bell-ends-of-2018/827175/5 "2019-01-04T17:43:27Z")
New user name! ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-influential-bell-ends-of-2018/827175/6 "2019-01-04T23:42:36Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > It refers to the head of the penis, and also means a jerk or an idiot. I always assumed it was identical in meaning and usage to “dickhead.” ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-influential-bell-ends-of-2018/827175/7 "2019-01-05T02:19:37Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I always assumed it was identical in meaning and usage to “dickhead.” That sums it up nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-influential-bell-ends-of-2018/827175/8 "2019-01-05T06:02:35Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > That sums it up nicely. Thank you. Now I feel obliged to voice my annual routine objection to using body parts that can be a lot of fun (dickhead, prick, asshole, c–t, etc.) as swear words. They only work as swears because we are all such prudes. I wish we could revert to the swearing of old, using such lovely expressions as “syphilitic scabrous leprous pile of putrescent pustulent puke” (which I stole from an old SDMB thread).