Can we stop with the balls references already?

My bass tone has a whole lot of spleen to it! (Any better?)

 

Nope. Not particularly.

 

Not sure where you live but there is one whole hell of a lot going on right now. Under ordinary circumstances (whatever THAT looks like) this would strike me as an odd thing to focus on, but I'd keep my mouth shut about it. As it stands I'm just gonna say that I do not imagine that this is anyone's highest priority right now. Doesn't make it a completely invalid concern, but on a scale of 1-100 you're looking at like around a 4.

 

My bass tone got some booty?

 

You'd have to do it literally, because that's how words are used.
I want to know what Wooly means, & how about Warm?

 

"Balls" is a colloquial expression carried over from the days of cannons and cannon balls.
"That guy has balls." "Balls to the walls boys!" and other expressions of the day all have roots in naval campaigns of yore.
The correct term has always been testicles. You've simply been understanding it incorrectly.....

 

I totally understand why you feel its crude and maybe a little immature.
Yet as this point it is a pretty baked-in term in general parlance, and as such easy to interpret and hard to eliminate -- also a bit past being truly offensive.

 

Yes, it has been ever so slightly bothering me for a while. I don't find it particularly offensive but I agree that there are much better non-genital(/gendered) expressions.

 

Those are also very masculine, aggressive terms. I'm sure we can do better.

 

As in all communication, context and the person delivering it set my flags flying, or not. Generally it's complimentary and in fact I've heard more than my fair share of women using it as well in the same manner. I personally don't use it but it's only because I like to think of myself as a wordsmith and like to flex the vocab a little It doesn't offend me and unless it's demonstratively negative in it's delivery I couldn't be bothered.

I respect others that find it less than desirable.

 

No.

 

I like that better than the way we used to describe mid-range.

 

What's the consensus around bronze nuts?

 

You've got balls for posting this. I identify as a 12 year old boy.

 

As Gunnery Sgt Hartman would say:

"Sound Off Like You've got a Pair"

 

I'm with ChadTheRat.

Let's move on to d!ck references.

 

My skin is too thick for things like that to offend me.

I can dig if someone doesnt feel in their power because theres a heterogametic reference.. we should not , however, all close our eyes and ears and ignore that everyone else is different yet they still exist.

Balls in this case is an adjective, not a noun.
Its not derogatory towards testicles.
Even if a female says it.

Its just like your tone may have grace, bounce, zest, richness, or grit... theyre all descriptive terms dissociated from gender, race, or politics... until someone drags them in to gender, race, or politics.

Nobody giggles when they say their Pbass with flats and tort has balls... we know what theyre trying to say to describe.