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- noun
prosthetic testicles forneutered dogs .
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Examples
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If you feel bad for neutering your pet, you can purchase neuticles--fake implants to restore what was lost.
The Pet Culture 2009
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We discovered neuticles when searching for an implant for my husband, a testicular cancer survivor.
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I haven,t done any research on this but I certainly heard of the neuticles for dogs before I heard of them for people.
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One of the judges wrote this on Slate. com: The Most Outrageous category is tricky; we never agree whether it's the word itself that's outrageous (typically for having some vulgar element, as in 2003's winner, cliterati, for 'prominent feminists') or the concept (as with 2002's neuticles, 'false testicles for neutered pets').
01/21/2005 2005
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But nothing prepared me for my recent introduction to Neuticles , the "revolutionary" and patented testicular implant for pets. neuticles.com
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Amelia Glynn 2011
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August 1st, 2009 at 10:33 pm there’s also neuticles, which I’m reasonably certain have been mentioned before.
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Bandobras – Ya, they probably don’t call them neuticles when they’re for people.
sionnach commented on the word neuticles
Rubber replacement testicles for neutered dogs that are available in varying sizes and degrees of firmness. Their inventor, Gregg Miller, was honored with an IgNobel award in 2005.
October 16, 2007
john commented on the word neuticles
Jebus, neuticles, I forgot about those! Tremendous that you didn't, though I'm kind of jealous that you got first wordie.
October 16, 2007
reesetee commented on the word neuticles
Whaa...? Really?
October 16, 2007
uselessness commented on the word neuticles
But WHY?
October 16, 2007
trivet commented on the word neuticles
Pshaw! You don't want your dog to feel that his manhood...errr...doghood has been compromised. Come on!
October 16, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word neuticles
Apparently implants are important to "caring pet owners." I guess that means the rest of us are sucky pet owners...? Or maybe that we just aren't swimming in money and looking for stupid things to spend it on.
OOPS!! My socio-economic level is showing!
October 16, 2007
trivet commented on the word neuticles
There was an interesting article in maybe the NYTimes a while back - apparently a significant majority of nuticle purchasers/dog owners are men.
October 16, 2007
reesetee commented on the word neuticles
I'm not surprised. I suspect there would be a kind of empathy here.
But still...how weird.
October 16, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word neuticles
I guess if it makes some people more likely to neuter their dogs, or more comfortable with the idea, then it's all to the good.
(Speaking as a former animal shelter employee.)
October 16, 2007