A crude slang term with two related meanings: it can refer to a penis before circumcision, or more generally to a small or diminutive penis. Used mainly as an insult or in crass humor, it has the double edge of targeting both size and appearance. The '-ling' suffix (meaning small, as in 'duckling' or 'stripling') does a lot of the dismissive work here. This one lives firmly in adult locker-room or shock-comedy territory.
The comedian's whole set was full of dickling jokes that had half the audience cringing.
Dickling means: A crude slang term with two related meanings: it can refer to a penis before circumcision, or more generally to a small or diminutive penis. Used mainly as an insult or in crass humor, it has the. 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.
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Dickling means: A crude slang term with two related meanings: it can refer to a penis before circumcision, or more generally to a small or diminutive penis. Used mainly as an insult or in crass humor, it has the. 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.
dickling means: A crude slang term with two related meanings: it can refer to a penis before circumcision, or more generally to a small or diminutive penis. Used mainly as an insult or in crass. 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.
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(vulgar, slang) A penis before circumcision.
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(vulgar, slang) A small or diminutive penis.
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