Penis Game

English

Alternative forms

• penis game

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Proper noun

the Penis Game

1. A game in which two or more players take turns saying the word penis at an increasing volume in a public space, and a player loses if they do not complete their turn.
   • 2008, Lizabeth Zindel, The Secret Rites of Social Butterflies, New York, N.Y.: Viking Juvenile, →ISBN, page 90:

     As we sit there waiting, Lexi says she wants to play the Penis Game while we wait for Victoria's mom to pick us up. I admit to Lexi that I don't know how to play, so she explains the rules to me. ¶ "We take turns, and each girl has to say the word penis louder than the next, until no one will go next, and there's a crowned winner. I'll go first," Lexi says. Then she whispers the word penis very softly so we can barely hear it over the sound of a Mercedes driving by.

   • 2013 December 6, Jules Suzdaltsev, “The CEO of Archie Comics Thinks White Men Are "Not a Protected Class"”, in VICE‎^[1], archived from the original on 2020-03-10:

     They allege that the co-CEO rarely called her male employees by their given name, preferring to refer to them as simply "Penis," and yelling "Penis! Penis! Penis! Penis!" while pointing at the men during meetings, like a baby having just learned the word, or a teenager who never actually understood the rules to the Penis Game.

   • 2015 September 11, Christina Cauterucci, “Models Wearing Cartoon Penises Strike an Erect Pose at New York Fashion Week”, in Slate‎^[2], archived from the original on 2020-11-28:

     "It's like playing the penis game," Namilia has said of its playful use of a symbol of male power. "The more often and louder you say it, the more harmless it becomes."

   • 2017 December 13, Catherine Y. Zhang, “When Jokes Aren't Funny”, in The Harvard Crimson‎^[3], Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard Crimson, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-03-20:

     Any 13-year-old boy who has played the penis game can tell you that sexual jokes are easy humor, especially when they're introduced in inappropriate contexts.