http://www.word-detective.com/2009/11/cully/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2009/11/cully/comment-page-1/#comment-3554 Laurent Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:44:31 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2123#comment-3554 I do agree. A "couillon" is mostly somebody lacking "couilles" (cojones, balls...). There is also the verb "couillonner" (like "Il s'est fait couillonner") that means to trick, deceive. I also read once that "couillon" was used as a name for rabbits. Ecclesiastic authority finding this somewhat unsavory in everyday life talks, decided that those furry animals should be called "lapins" instead. That's probably an (old) urban legend though. I do agree. A “couillon” is mostly somebody lacking “couilles” (cojones, balls…). There is also the verb “couillonner” (like “Il s’est fait couillonner”) that means to trick, deceive. I also read once that “couillon” was used as a name for rabbits. Ecclesiastic authority finding this somewhat unsavory in everyday life talks, decided that those furry animals should be called “lapins” instead. That’s probably an (old) urban legend though.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2009/11/cully/comment-page-1/#comment-3398 Alfredo Boeira Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:48:28 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2123#comment-3398 It seems to me that "cullion" comes for the French "couillon", meaning scrotum. Its roots are the Latin "coleus" and Greek "koleos", leather bag, sheath and, amusingly, vagina. In modern French, "couillon" is used sometimes to indicate a person lacking in courage or stupid. It seems to me that “cullion” comes for the French “couillon”, meaning scrotum. Its roots are the Latin “coleus” and Greek “koleos”, leather bag, sheath and, amusingly, vagina. In modern French, “couillon” is used sometimes to indicate a person lacking in courage or stupid.

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