cojones
[kaw-haw-nes; English kuh-hoh-neys, -neez]
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Regarding the cojones: Jake had none, he had been emasculated by a war injury.
Yet, few would actually have the cojones to go to a lesbian bar.
So the House GOP leadership deserves real credit for finally getting the cojones to back immigration reform.
But he still has the cojones to speak his mind: Thomas Freidman is a ‘pompous ass.’
With Michele Bachmann out of the race, none of the rest of the GOP candidates seems to have any cojones.
cojones
- testicles
- manly courage
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Word Origin and History for cojones
n.
"courage," literally "balls," 1932, from Spanish cojon "testicle," from Latin coleus, culleus (source of Italian coglione), literally "a leather sack," related to Greek koleos "sheath, scabbard (see cell). In English, first attested in Hemingway.
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