# The word is penis, Extenze **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 27, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458 "2009-04-27T02:19:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/1 "2009-04-27T02:19:27Z")
There’s an herbal supplement that claims it can make “a certain part of the male anatomy larger” called Extenze. Extenze generally advertizes on late night television. Now, I’m pretty sure that Extenze doesn’t work, but that doesn’t particularly bother me…I’m pretty sure Billy Mays can’t get stains out of my clothes either. What does bother me, though, is that the Extenze people, in spite of selling a product that supposedly extends the size of your penis, doesn’t say penis throughout the entire ad. Is this some sort of delicacy on their part? It seems if you’re selling a penis extender, you don’t have a right to be prudish. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/2 "2009-04-27T02:24:27Z")
If they don’t say penis, they can’t be sued for fraud. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/3 "2009-04-27T02:25:41Z")
Just a WAG but they probably would get nailed for false advertising if they were too specific. This way, when it doesn’t work, they can claim that’s not the body part they meant. It is funny to see those hot hot hot women talking like Victorians. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/4 "2009-04-27T02:32:07Z")
Shit. No wonder my Adam’s apple hasn’t gotten any bigger. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/5 "2009-04-27T02:33:15Z")
If you swallow enough of them, your stomach gets bigger. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/6 "2009-04-27T02:47:01Z")
Thing is, as I understand it, it doesn’t actually “work”, in any meaningful way. Dick-wise, you’re stuck with the, ah, hand that was dealt you. All it does is prevent the ordinary shrinkage we mostly associate with sudden and unexpected exposure to lots of cold water. But if your problem is a lack of lead in your pencil, no rigor in your mortis…then all you have is, at best, a “pitiful helpless giant”, in Henry Kissingers deathless phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/7 "2009-04-27T02:58:52Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Thing is, as I understand it, it doesn’t actually “work”, in any meaningful way. Dick-wise, you’re stuck with the, ah, hand that was dealt you. All it does is prevent the ordinary shrinkage we mostly associate with sudden and unexpected exposure to lots of cold water. > > But if your problem is a lack of lead in your pencil, no rigor in your mortis…then all you have is, at best, a “pitiful helpless giant”, in Henry Kissingers deathless phrase. Ironically, that’s the part that modern medical science _can_ legitimately help with. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/8 "2009-04-27T03:03:18Z")
The correct spelling is **ExtenZe.** Which reminds me of **eXistenZ** –the eponymous computer game in the deeply weird film by David Cronenberg. Just a surreal touch to amuse me as I lunge for the remote, late at night… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/9 "2009-04-27T03:03:27Z")
Just so! And if the intent is to please or impress women, I think all I’ve ever known are more approving of Tiny Tim, reporting for duty and rarin’ to go, than the Incredible Hulk snoring in a hammock. So to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/10 "2009-04-27T03:13:01Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Just so! And if the intent is to please or impress women, I think all I’ve ever known are more approving of Tiny Tim, reporting for duty and rarin’ to go, than the Incredible Hulk snoring in a hammock. > > So to speak. …a banana hammock, if you will. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/11 "2009-04-27T03:29:40Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > There’s an herbal supplement that claims it can make “a certain part of the male anatomy larger” called Extenze…What does bother me, though, is that the Extenze people, in spite of selling a product that supposedly extends the size of your penis, doesn’t say penis throughout the entire ad… > [@extenZe website](#): > > ExtenZe helps force more blood flow so these chambers stretch, creating substantial growth in both length and girth. In just a few weeks, your penis can be larger. The website seems to talk about nothing but making your penis bigger. In fact, this answer to the question “How long do I take ExtenZe” in the FAQ’s: “Take one tablet each day until you reach the size you desire. It’s up to you how large you want your penis to become.” is actually a bit scary… I miss Smilin’ Bob… ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/12 "2009-04-27T05:25:19Z")
**runnerpat** , for a second my brain went _blink_ and I thought you’d put “WANG” instead of “WAG” in your message. Having said that—that commercial makes me giggle. IMO, you can get more mileage out of a carefully applied and used cock ring than some silly pill. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/13 "2009-04-27T05:35:26Z")
A capsule that can make a man larger?! _smirks grotesquely_ ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/14 "2009-04-27T05:46:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If you swallow enough of them, your stomach gets bigger. Yup, eat enough sugar pills, and you’ll get fatter. I hate that fucking commercial. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/15 "2009-04-27T06:30:46Z")
Well, someof these things aren’t sugar pills, they are herbal supplements of possible, potential and doubful efficiency- not of making your penis bigger per se, but helping your erections. A harder erection is a bigger penis, in a way, right? Some of the ingrediantes in some of the supplements out there perhaps sometimes work. Others seem to be worthless, and a few are possibly dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/16 "2009-04-27T12:13:32Z")
Personally I think that the advertisers dont use the word penis so that they dont get sued by all those blokes who use the product and end up with the same sized dick but a huge big toe. It does say “a part of a mans anatomy”,if you happen to think that they mean your dick it just goes to show that you’ve got a filthy mind. If someone can come up with a product that enlarges the amount of cash that I’ve got then thats going to impress women a hell of a lot more IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/17 "2009-04-27T12:44:18Z")
[Ahhh, an excuse to post my favorite webcomic of the week.](http://www.cracked.com/blog/if-penis-enlargement-ads-told-the-truth/) Do I have to say it? Don’t read this one at work. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/18 "2009-04-27T12:51:50Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > If someone can come up with a product that enlarges the amount of cash that I’ve got then thats going to impress women a hell of a lot more IMO. I’ve got a mutual fund that I’d love to sell you. ---
**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/19 "2009-04-27T13:05:34Z")
But, but, Dr. Stein says it is effective, so it must work: [Extenze](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5dOEcIEfE0). Here is a Star Wars spoof of the commercial: [Force Extenze](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwFyuOgJtWM) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458/20 "2009-04-27T13:34:26Z")
There’s another one they play on talk radio a lot where the word “penis” has clearly been dubbed over with the word “performance”. As in, “Vasomax (Maxovase? something with Max in it) is guaranteed to extend your _performance_. When she sees the size of your _performance_, she’ll be desperate to try it out.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-penis-extenze/494458.md?page=2)