Talk:Cojones

message: This page was deleted after vfd talk in early 2004. The Bush/Blair story of later that month warranted its restoration. Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 20:47, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Who, what, why is "Kerry Easthope" at the end of lead paragraph?   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.5.130 (talk) 09:11, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, try the revised version. But I'm not accepting "ca-hoo-nas" as "true to its Spanish origin". –Hajor 23:52, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The only way I've ever heard it pronounced (and I've heard it from lots of wankers ... er ... erudite people) is something like kuh-HOE-naze (I'm not going to try putting this into proper phonetic symbols). Metamagician3000 09:58, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: I can't reference this, but I always associate the popularisation of the word in English with Ernest Hemingway. Can anyone help with this? If I'm right, it seems notable. Metamagician3000 09:51, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: However, it only took me a second of googling to confirm that Hemingway uses tbe word and concept all the time, and that it is even quite important in his work. I think this is notable in itself and easily demonstrable (though it would take a bit of time). I'm pretty sure that the use of the word, often a bit ironically, by educated people over a long time comes from acquaintance with Hemingway. I'll leave that thought with you, because I just don't have the time or expertise in language trends to prove most of it. Metamagician3000 00:54, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hemingway

message: Someone asked me to provide evidence that it is used outside the US. I can't do that, so now I've been challenged I won't re-edit. I see no references at all in the article to support how and where the word is used, so I'm surprised that someone is being so picky in an article that basically doesn't cite its sources. I'll just use the talk page to say for the record that I've heard this usage in Australia, albeit infrequently rather than as "popular slang", for the past 20 years. I wouldn't have thought that this was a terriby controversial claim. Ideally, the article should somehow reflect that the usage has been around for a long time, probably in all English-speaking countries, even if it has only recently become "popular". Otherwise, the article doesn't give the full picture. However, I can't prove this from written sources - I don't even know where to start in proving a point like that without relying on personal experience, so I'll let it drop as far the article itself is concerned. Maybe someone with the relevant skills in this field will be able to think about it. Cheers! Metamagician3000 00:41, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: FWIW, it's used in Canada, although I don't have a reference.  Although in Spanish it may be considered vulgar, I've never known it to be offensive in English use.  142.59.195.50 06:32, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

text: For sure not a Cuban only term. It's most widely used in Spain, but also in several other Latin American countries. It is understood in all of the Spanish speaking ones too. --Mariano(t/c) 15:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Usage by country

message: The reference to "bollocks" is wrong and irrelevant, and I think should be removed. "Bollocks" in British English is a derogatory term, meaning useless or worthless, and does not have the same meaning as "balls", which is used in British English much the same as it is in the US. Lonegroover (talk) 10:17, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  British English 

message: It's a really famous quote, shown again and again on ESPN in certain montage of clips. It should be in the popular culture for sure, noteable as the ESPN footage actually BLEEPS the word even though it's not English, but makes sense since it's equivalent to "balls" in English. Matusow said "I've got big cajones. You've got little cajones." (after bluffing the eventual winner of the Main Event). YT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hg9qzquUvo to help anyone decide if it should be included. 199.214.19.6 (talk) 22:21, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  2004 WSOP: Mike Matusow at TV table vs. Greg Raymer 

message: This usage of "cajones" in Jay-Z's song, "On to the Next One," could be added to the Pop Culture section. To find a source, google something like "on to the next one jay-z lyrics." Here's the context in Jay-Z's 3rd verse:
Used to rock a throwback, ballin' on the corner.
Now I rock a Teller suit, lookin' like a owner.
No I'm not a Jonas, Brother I'm a grown up.
No I'm not a virgin, I use my cojones.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chazthegreat (talk • contribs) 04:07, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "On to the Next One" - Jay-Z 

message: This article is not about the things called cojones (testicles). It is about the word cojones and therefore should be shifted to Wiktionary. Nurg (talk) 10:45, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, unless additions to the page are created, such as use in society (or something), it should be redirected to wiktionary.P0PP4B34R732 (talk) 20:43, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to wiktionary