Bald-headed hermit is crude slang for the penis, using descriptive metaphor — the 'bald head' refers to the glans, and 'hermit' plays on the idea of something reclusive that emerges only occasionally.
Bald-headed hermit is crude slang for the penis, using descriptive metaphor — the 'bald head' refers to the glans, and 'hermit' plays on the idea of something reclusive that emerges only occasionally. Typically used in rude jokes, ribald humour, and vulgar comedy. The phrase dates back at least to the 20th century and sits squarely in the tradition of colourful English slang euphemisms for male anatomy.
The comedian's whole set was built around bawdy puns and references to the bald-headed hermit.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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A vulgar slang term for a circumcised penis, with bald describing the absence of foreskin after circumcision. Used in crude conversation and humor, occasionally in comparison or cultural-debate contexts. Blunt and anatomically descriptive; the term is matter-of-fact in some uses and deliberately provocative in others depending entirely on context and speaker intent. Its appearance in comparison-based conversations reflects broader cultural debates about circumcision that have not been resolved by medical consensus.
(slang, archaic, derogatory) A monk with a shaven head.
(British, slang) Having a bald or shaven head.
(slang, vulgar) A circumcised penis.
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(slang) The penis.
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