As balls means: To a great extent or degree; very.. It is informal slang, fine in casual speech but not suited to formal contexts. It carries sexual or vulgar connotations; not alarming on its own but worth understanding the context your teen heard it in. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
as balls
(postpositive, slang, vulgar, simile) To a great extent or degree; very.
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Hark! A Vagrant is the reason why the phrase "old as balls" has been permanently etched into my vocabulary, ngl > LRP
at derm appointment early as balls ughhh
I won’t accuse him of being on drugs just in case he’s got a legit condition or something. Even being high as balls wouldn’t fully excuse how fucking stupid he comes off here.
billionaires should ditch AI and pay me $122billion in capital to take hallucinogens and routinely respond to texts with "you're absolutely right!" it'd be the same end result for them, less ecologically damaging fo…
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(postpositive, slang, vulgar, simile) To a great extent or degree; very.
“at derm appointment early as balls ughhh”
“I won’t accuse him of being on drugs just in case he’s got a legit condition or something. Even being high as balls wouldn’t fully excuse how fucking stupid he comes off here.”
“billionaires should ditch AI and pay me $122billion in capital to take hallucinogens and routinely respond to texts with "you're absolutely right!" it'd be the same end result for them, less ecologically damaging for the planet, and I'd be high as balls”
As balls means: To a great extent or degree; very.. It is informal slang, fine in casual speech but not suited to formal contexts. It carries sexual or vulgar connotations; not alarming on its own but worth understanding the context your teen heard it in. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
as balls means: To a great extent or degree; very.. Register: very informal, often derogatory or vulgar. Avoid in formal, business, academic, or polite writing. Even in casual speech the word can offend and is best left out of a learner's active vocabulary. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“Hark! A Vagrant is the reason why the phrase "old as balls" has been permanently etched into my vocabulary, ngl > LRP”
— Bluesky· May 2026“at derm appointment early as balls ughhh”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I won’t accuse him of being on drugs just in case he’s got a legit condition or something. Even being high as balls wouldn’t fully excuse how fucking stupid he comes off here.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“billionaires should ditch AI and pay me $122billion in capital to take hallucinogens and routinely respond to texts with "you're absolutely right!" it'd be the same end result for them, less ecologically damaging for the planet, and I'd be high as balls”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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