(chiefly, US, colloquial, idiomatic, somewhat, vulgar) To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation in which one has so far failed to do so.
Detransitioners are cis people who realized they made a mistake. Why would we prop them up? Are you that insecure about your ego that you want the spot lights on you crying "woe is me, give me attention"? Grow a pair…
We need some checks and balances now. Congress and the senate need to grow a pair and remove him from office
(chiefly, US, colloquial, idiomatic, somewhat, vulgar) To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation in which one has so far failed to do so.
“Detransitioners are cis people who realized they made a mistake. Why would we prop them up? Are you that insecure about your ego that you want the spot lights on you crying "woe is me, give me attention"? Grow a pair and stop whining 🤣”
“We need some checks and balances now. Congress and the senate need to grow a pair and remove him from office”
Add your own interpretation of "grow a pair".
The vocabulary of software engineers, AI researchers, and anyone living in a terminal or on GitHub — from LLM to MCP, CORS to vibe coding, agentic to enshittification.
See all Tech, Dev & AI slang on Slangora.
Browse all slang words starting with G.
(chiefly, US, , idiomatic, vulgar) To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation where one has so far failed to do so.
(chiefly, US, colloquial, idiomatic, somewhat, vulgar) To be manly, brave.
(chiefly, US, colloquial, idiomatic, somewhat, vulgar) To be brave, to show some courage, to keep moving forward in a difficult situation.
(intransitive, slang, mostly, imperative) To show courage and hide one's apprehension.
Oh grow a pair, Marge! Release the messages!
“Oh grow a pair, Marge! Release the messages!”
“Hey @housedemocrats.bsky.social Melania knows everything about the child rape. Grow a pair.”
“Secretary of Defense openly lies to reporters. Grow a pair and report reality, quit parroting pathological liars.”
No comments yet — say something.
(originally, _, AAVE, US, slang, vulgar) grown-up; adult; often used in reproach of an adult's immaturity, or, conversely, in assertion of maturity.