British slang for a condom, used casually and without much embarrassment in everyday conversation. 'Johnnie' (also spelled 'johnny') has been part of British sexual vocabulary for decades, sitting somewhere between crude and quaint — not as clinical as 'condom' but far less awkward than some alternatives. It's the kind of word you'd hear in a pub conversation or in a British sitcom, characteristically British in its matter-of-fact approach to an intimate subject.
He'd made it all the way to the checkout before realising he'd forgotten to grab a pack of johnnies.
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(slang) (a condom).
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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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