Meaning of yarbles | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Testicles.
   plural, plural-normally, slang, vulgar
2. Courage, fortitude, or machismo.
   figuratively, mildly, plural, plural-normally, slang, uncountable, vulgar
3. Nonsense; something of unacceptably poor quality.
   euphemistic, mildly, plural, plural-normally, slang, uncountable, vulgar
4. Information that is false or otherwise misleading.
   euphemistic, mildly, plural, plural-normally, slang, uncountable, vulgar

Examples

“"Come⟳ and get⟳ one in the yarbles, if you have⟳ any yarbles, you eunuch jelly, thou."”

“I mean⟳, who could ever forget⟳ the touching moment in [The] Monster Squad when a pre-teenager kicks the Wolfman in the nuts and utters the classic line "The Wolfman has yarbles!"”

“"I'm not worried. This kid's got giant yarbles." "Giant yarbles make⟳ bigger targets," I say⟳. "Maybe he ought to wear⟳ more than a loincloth." Ockham laughs. Slaps me on the back. "Didn't know⟳ you had a sense⟳ of humor, chief."”

“Well, my droogs, this is a load⟳ of yarbles. Right now at New World Stages, a risible British adaptation of A Clockwork Orange is doing a bit of the old ultraviolence to its audience.”

“James Brown looked a tool on C4's Withnail Weekend. Brown's crew at Loaded was credited with inventing the Withnail drinking game "I Demand⟳ to Have⟳ Some Booze". Utter yarbles. Fact: the game, where viewers simultaneously enjoy⟳ beverages identical to those consumed by characters on screen, was introduced by a journalist on the Evening Standard's London Life section in the mid-1980s.”

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