• ch00f@lemmy.world
    6·
    3 hours ago

    I saw someone make a denim dress which they called a jress, and I just about had an aneurysm.

  • Sergio@slrpnk.netEnglish
    14·
    8 hours ago

    Today many of you will learn a new word.

    A kynodesmē (Greek: κυνοδέσμη, English translation: “dog tie”) was a cord or string[1] or sometimes a leather strip that was worn primarily by athletes in Ancient Greece and Etruria to prevent the exposure of the glans penis in public (considered to be ill-mannered) and to restrict untethered movement of the penis during sporting competition. It was tied tightly around the akroposthion, the most distal, tubular portion of the foreskin that extends beyond the glans. As depicted in Ancient Greek art the kynodesme was worn by some athletes, actors, poets, symposiasts and komasts. It was worn temporarily while in public and could be taken off and put back on at will. The remaining length of cord could either be attached to a waist band to pull the penis upward and expose the scrotum, or tied around the base of the penis and scrotum so that the penis appeared to curl upwards.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kynodesme (includes photographs)

    In the context of the OP joke that would be a: jynodesmē.

    click this if you dare

    On that page you will also see links to learn about Kotekas (penis gourds) where you’ll learn:

    Yali men favour long, thin kotekas that help hold up the multiple rattan hoops worn around their waists, whereas Lani men wear double gourds held up with strips of cloth and use the space between the two gourds for carrying small items such as money and tobacco.

    and Nambas (penis sheaths):

    Two tribes on Malakula, the Big Nambas and the Smol (Small) Nambas, are named for the size of their nambas.