Hiassen: raspberries

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Marius Hancu - 05 Feb 2010 08:06 GMT

Hello:

Couldn't find a confirmation in slang dictionaries that
"raspberries" means "balls."

Is that common?

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"If Chaz ever laid a hand on me," she said sweetly, "I would've kicked
him in the raspberries."

Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 101
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu

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Lars Eighner - 05 Feb 2010 08:19 GMT

In our last episode,
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the lovely and talented Marius Hancu
broadcast on alt.usage.english:

> Hello:

> Couldn't find a confirmation in slang dictionaries that
> "raspberries" means "balls."

> Is that common?

Not common, but abundantly clear from context. Pretty much any hanging,
roughly spherical or ellipsoidal fruit will do: cherries, grapes, kumquats.

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> "If Chaz ever laid a hand on me," she said sweetly, "I would've kicked
> him in the raspberries."

> Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 101
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> Thanks.
> Marius Hancu

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Hiassen: raspberries