cojones

Definition

Synonym of balls (“testicles; courage, masculinity”).

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cojones (“testicles, balls”).

Example Sentences

• "Stepping right into a trap... Your biggest problem is that you got big cojones but nothing in your brains. I think Freud would have something to say about your obsession with my big cojones."
• "The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday."