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Dictionary definition of “junk”

junk

n. the genitals or genital area; occasionally, the posterior. Subjects: , , ,
Editorial Note: Often used with the definite article: the junk. No etymological relationship between this term and junk in the trunk has been confirmed.
Citations: [1986 Ethan Mordden Buddies p. 90 @ (June 15, 1987): One of you come outside with me and settle it like a man or shut your mouths and mind your business. Because one more word out of any of you and I’ll pick you…and drag you outside and kick your junk in.] [1986 Ethan Mordden Buddies p. 135 @ (June 15, 1987): Gigantic shoulders, like he’s been carrying stuff all his life. Arms, too, big. Chest. Not cut up. Fleshy.…Stomach just starting to loosen up. Squared off ass, big junk.] [1988 Ethan Mordden Everybody Loves You (Sept.) p. 220 @ (Aug. 15, 1989): The poignantly restitutive sight of a talismanic hunk with heebie-jeebie tits and junk of death tersely encountering elegiacal youth of bracing attributes?] 1996 ["C. Layne Lindquist" (lind0501@maroon.tc.umn.edu)] Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Dec. 3) “Re: Poll: What moments in wrestling made you laugh hysterically?”: Jacque picks up one of the New Zealanders for a bodyslam and not only grabs his junk, but gives him a pretty good rubdown. The camera gives a perfect angle. Next time you watch it, don’t fast forward this match…look for the junk grab!!! [1999 [critter@bit-net.com] Usenet: alt.music.spice-girls (Oct. 31) “Re: Help! Schoolie In Distress”: I’m gonna kick her in the junk.] 2000 [hoju224@aol.com (Mrs. McG)] Usenet: rec.music.phish (June 20) “Re: Any good tricks getting your stash past security this summer?”: I have been with a guy who stashed stuff in his pants only to have the male security guy actually grab his junk and bust him. 2002 [Dylan M.] Saint Paul Blog (Minn.) (June 29) “What a drag it is getting old”: Please contact your editor, and kick him/her in the junk for not deleting that. 2002 [Forsaken_1_member@newsguy.com] Usenet: alt.fan.robert-jordan (Sept. 10) “From Your Sex Instructor: Vocabulary, Part II”: Finch—When the guy tucks his junk between his legs and gets head from behind. 2003 Electronic Gaming Monthly (May 1) “MLB SlugFest 20-04 (PS2)” no. 166,: In my first game, I punch Todd Helton in the face, then knee him in the junk. 2003 [KittenWalk (Amber)] @ Vancouver, B.C. bcpsportsbikes.coom (Can.) (Aug. 26): “Just because you’re somewhat hot, you shouldn’t sit on other people’s bikes without their permission. If your cleavage hadn’t distracted me, I would have kicked you in the junk!”…“You should have kicked her in the junk anyways…cutie pie.” 2004 Joe Rybicki PlayStation Magazine (July 1) “Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy; Mind over matter” p. 88: The resoundingly mediocre story and writing give this otherwise superlative game a vicious kick in the junk. 2004 Craigslist (Oct. 14) “I’m Becoming a Llama” (in San Francisco): I’m a llama. Maybe I can start spitting on people and kicking them in the junk. 2004 ["Lee in Duluth MN" (houndhockey@charternospam.net)] Usenet: alt.support.stop-smoking (Oct. 27) “Re: Patches not sticking”: See the story of the guy in Singapore (I think) who was cheating on his gf and she Ripped His Junk Completely Off?!! That’d make John cringe.

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