Goolies

n.

Heard in Tipperary, Cork, Meath and Dublin

A man's testicles.

In use

He got a woeful slap in the goolies playing shtickfighting last weekend

Posh English

He received a most unfortunate blow to the endowments whilst playing hurling last weekend.

Same phrase, other counties

  • BallbagA vulgar term for a man's testicles, often used to express a flat refusal.
  • BarseThe perineum: the area between a man's testicles and his anus.
  • Town hallsA man's testicles.
  • As rare as rocking horse shitExtremely rare, something that is all but impossible to encounter.