beef up the size of your johns0n!

[pne]

(Cross-posted to my journal and to linguaphiles)

I was just going through my "spam trap" folder (15'000 emails! yikes!), and that reminded me:

Does anyone use "johnson" as a synonym for "penis"? So far, I've seen it exclusively in spam, and I wonder whether it's a made-up spammer word, or whether it really is used in some parts of Anglophonia...

Comments

[nik-w.livejournal.com]

I've heard it used, though I'd say it's more common in jokes.

[asciident]

It's somewhat common slang in American English (at least, my region -- Pacific Northwest), though I agree it's more generally used in jokes. :)

[christine.livejournal.com]

i agree with above...

its around, and if someone says it, you know what they mean... but it certainly isn't the most common peni slang

[damned-colonial.livejournal.com]

It's valid slang, not just spammerese. Couldn't tell you where/who/when, but I know it's in my vocab.

Then again, I have a big vocab.

[pthalo]

never heard it before

Big Lebowski!

[kunar.livejournal.com]

It is used in the Coen brothers' film "The Big Lebowski (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/)". Searching the memorable quotes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/quotes), you'll find different characters using it.