Meaning & use
ballsacks
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“ballsacks” is a form of “ballsack”. See that entry for the full set of meanings.
Meaning
nounpluralvulgarslang
The plural of ballsack, a crude slang word for the scrotum, the skin pouch that holds the testicles.
Grammar: Plural of the countable noun ballsack: one ballsack, many ballsacks.
The forum rules ban crude words such as ballsacks from the comments.
The biology teacher said ballsacks is slang and asked students to use proper terms.
The editor removed the word ballsacks from the article as unsuitable for readers.
Word forms
| singular | ballsack |
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Common combinations
- crude slang
- Ballsacks is crude slang that most dictionaries mark as vulgar.
- ban the word
- The site moderators ban the word ballsacks.
- bleep out
- The broadcaster bleeped out ballsacks from the recording.
- vulgar plural
- Learners meet the vulgar plural in films and online comments.
Synonyms and how they differ
- scrotums
- Scrotums is the neutral, medical plural and is safe in any formal writing.
- sacs
- Sacs is milder, but it can also refer to many other pouches in the body.
- nutsacks
- Nutsacks is another vulgar slang plural and is just as offensive.
Word family
Commonly confused: ballsacks or scrotums?
ballsacks vs scrotums
Scrotums is the correct anatomical plural, while ballsacks belongs only to crude speech.
Practice
A science textbook would most likely use which plural instead of the slang word ballsacks?
Choose one answer.
Scrotums is the standard anatomical plural. Nutsacks is also vulgar slang, and the other options are not accurate terms.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “ballsacks”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.