# What do we call a male 'camel toe'? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105 "2006-12-06T19:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/1 "2006-12-06T19:17:50Z")
**Tashabot** and I were having a discussion and we happened upon a realization: there is no good name for a male camel toe. Ya know, when the good are all shoved up and sticking out due to whatever reason. So Dopers, what do we call a male ‘camel toe’? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/2 "2006-12-06T19:21:44Z")
I’d say “fruit basket” but it is, of course, already in use. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/3 "2006-12-06T19:29:19Z")
MST3K uses ‘male camel toe’ and ‘buffalo shot’. ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/4 "2006-12-06T19:31:54Z")
“Bufallo shot?” I’d love to know how they came up with that. ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/5 "2006-12-06T19:33:47Z")
I googled it but only learned that there’s a dead bison near Gardiner. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/6 "2006-12-06T19:34:05Z")
I second “fruit basket”. I don’t knwo what use it currently has, but what’s wrong with double duty? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/7 "2006-12-06T19:37:00Z")
It’s when you tuck all your junk between your legs and view it from behind. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/8 "2006-12-06T19:41:22Z")
Apparently, it was a big fad a few years ago, and they called it “VPL” (Visible Penis Line). ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/9 "2006-12-06T19:41:36Z")
I have called it a [Tron](http://www.tronguy.net/TRONcostume/) . Scroll down, you’ll see why. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/10 "2006-12-06T19:42:28Z")
And a cite: [Urban Dictionary][Urban Dictionary: visible penis line](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=visible+penis+line) There’s also apparently a big gay porn site called that. Google it. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/11 "2006-12-06T19:45:55Z")
I thought it was obviously a camel hump. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/12 "2006-12-06T19:50:19Z")
What, “boner” not good enough for you people?? ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/13 "2006-12-06T19:53:43Z")
Mooseknuckle around these parts. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/14 "2006-12-06T19:57:20Z")
[It depends…](http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/images/scuba-web.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/15 "2006-12-06T19:59:29Z")
Moose knuckle. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/16 "2006-12-06T20:00:10Z")
I sorta love Mooseknuckle. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/17 "2006-12-06T20:07:55Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] It’s when you tuck all your junk between your legs and view it from behind. [/QUOTE] Nooooo. That’s the gender-bender…or the mangina. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/18 "2006-12-06T20:09:03Z")
I’ve also heard the term “moose knuckle”. You know, **Diosa** , you should have gone to me first for the info. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/19 "2006-12-06T20:10:10Z")
Oh yeah, if in a thong, it could be a banana-hammock. In grade school, the frontal wedgie was called a “pedgie”. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105/20 "2006-12-06T20:13:12Z")
[QUOTE=yanceylebeef] I have called it a [Tron](http://www.tronguy.net/TRONcostume/) . Scroll down, you’ll see why. [/QUOTE] That guy was a hottie . I have a wife , but if I didn’t , WOO HOO ! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-call-a-male-camel-toe/383105.md?page=2)