Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
- adjective Of or relating to the cult of the phallus as an embodiment of generative power.
- adjective Of or relating to the third stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, from about ages three to six, during which gratification is focused on sensations associated with the genital organs. The phallic stage is preceded by the anal stage and followed by the latency period.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the phallus or the generative principle in nature: as, phallic worship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to phallism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having to do with the
penis , especially in terms ofshape .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to a phallus especially as an embodiment of generative power
- adjective resembling or being a phallus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And the manner in which political manhood gets displayed is tiresomely predictable: macho chest beating, posing with the fetish objects of anxious masculinity (trucks, big machines, and even bigger weapons), humiliating your opponent with castrating insults, calling into question his or her ability to be tough, ruthless, and merciless with the designated enemy of the moment -- in short, phallic strutting.
Stephen Ducat: Revenge of the Wimp Factor: The Ironies of Proving Manhood in the Democratic Primary 2008
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No problem acknowledging also that among the many different traditions, practices and stories that have fused and sometimes not even touched and just hung around together in what we now call Hinduism, there is room, and maybe even some intellectual and spiritual value in some contexts, for what is still quite crudely called the "phallic" perspective.
Vamsee Juluri: Lord Shiva And The Economist: A New Low For Journalism Vamsee Juluri 2011
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They occur in all languages, and hint how readily the worship of fire glided into that of the reproductive principle, into extravagances of chastity and lewdness, into the shocking orgies of the so-called phallic worship.
The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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The manufacturers of sex toys and virtual magic swords are presumably trying to achieve a similar kind of phallic appearance, but rarely has it been this blatant.
Free Realms 2009
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Get yourself covered from head to toe with drilling mud and hydraulic fluid and you won't think there's much "phallic" about offshore drilling.
Camille Paglia has an "increasing sense of forboding" about the election. Ann Althouse 2008
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Jen, did you intentionally skip the um... "phallic" nature of the last frog?
So What Happens If You EAT the Frog? Jen 2008
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"I think the phallic nature of the guitar generally makes men gravitate towards it as a kind of phallic extension," Türoque says of this gender divide.
Air Guitar Championships Semi-Invisibly Rock Los Angeles | EW.com 2008
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In case you don't read in English that much (other than the ultimately-lame lyrics of Britney Spears 'songs), the word' phallic 'means' related to (and/or shapes resembling) the full erection of the male penis '.
natinski Diary Entry natinski 2001
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For some reason at one end of the beach there is a cave containing some kind of phallic shrine whuich may be due to the phallic shaped rock towering off the coastline!
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The mayor of a Maltese village has called on the government to remove a 'phallic' statue ahead of a visit from the Pope this weekend.
frogapplause commented on the word phallic
Phallic Logo Awards:
http://www.b3ta.com/features/phalliclogoawards/
July 31, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word phallic
Still some problems with links, froggy :-D
PLEASE tell me the last one is fake. PLEASE.
July 31, 2008
skipvia commented on the word phallic
Don't miss this one. I think it's supposed to be a pagoda...
July 31, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word phallic
It's the one I was talking about!
July 31, 2008
skipvia commented on the word phallic
I know what you mean, Pro. What could the designer have been thinking?
*better not answer that*
July 31, 2008
sionnach commented on the word phallic
corrected phallic logo awards link
Great 1920s transvestite oral sex action. Snort!
July 31, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word phallic
I have to wonder if the designer was trying to put one over on us, assuming that most people wouldn't immediately say "Gosh, that looks like a hard ___, ___ing into a _____!!" Because, truly, he/she could NOT have POSSIBLY ...
Well...
If he/she didn't see that, I feel sorry for him/her/them/it.
July 31, 2008
arby commented on the word phallic
c_b, your comment was cut off on the home page just at the most suggestive place - "hard". Ha ha!
Yes, I have nothing substantive to add to the discussion.
July 31, 2008
sakhalinskii commented on the word phallic
Can the internet be considered phallic?
July 31, 2008
sionnach commented on the word phallic
Just apply the phallic criterion: "is it longer than it is wide?"; if the answer is affirmative, then yes.
July 31, 2008
reesetee commented on the word phallic
But isn't it also wider than it is long?
July 31, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word phallic
Lots of things are longer than they are wide and aren't phallic. I can think of one in particular that, if you have one, would pretty much guarantee you are female.
July 31, 2008
bilby commented on the word phallic
A rolling pin?
July 31, 2008
dontcry commented on the word phallic
Fingers, legs, arms, hairs, intestines, highways, spaghetti, skis...
July 31, 2008
sakhalinskii commented on the word phallic
Isn't whether something is wide or long dependent on what angle you're looking at it from?
July 31, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word phallic
In conversation last night about this page, the links on it--particularly this year's winner--and the lovely pictures linked to bloomin' dildo, the term dikebana was coined.
July 31, 2008