Another difference between men and women (and indicator of the differing levels of maturity) is the amount of names used to describe the nether regions. As the chart above shows, women don't really seem to use them (unless girl talk is full of it!), and if they do, they tend to stick to the one term for each area!Men, on the other hand, must have hundreds of names for the male appendage alone. Off the top of my head, I can easily think of 20 for the "male brain" which is about average for a guy (how many can you come up with?)! Every culture and language comes up with their own slang for sexual body parts, with any phallic shaped object being an obvious choice for a man's pride and joy. Interested readers can check out a fairly comprehensive list here (Check out the /more page for lots of English slang words!). Ditto for women's fiddly bits (upstairs and downstairs). You can't say that I don't do my research!!
Most of these terms can be liberally applied to your buddies during 'friendly' banter, shouted at the TV/radio/football field as terms of 'endearment' or used with a stranger to start a fight!
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'Langer' is Cork (2nd largest city in Ireland) slang for the male appendage. The phrase "you're some langer!" means "you're some idiot!" and has been made famous in Ireland as a catchphrase on sketches on a radio show!
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