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wedding tackle

wedding tackle

9.9
A humorous British phrase for a man's private parts or the groom's clothes
  • noun
  • /ˈwɛdɪŋ ˈtækəl/
  • Offensive
translation icon : genitales masculinos (vulgar)
  • He made an inappropriate joke about his wedding tackle at the bachelor party.

Examples

  • In some circles, 'showing your wedding tackle' is a silly way to describe getting dressed up for your own wedding.

  • The comedian used the term wedding tackle to get a laugh from the audience.

  • He joked about his wedding tackle during the bachelor party.

  • Did you see his wedding tackle costume at the wedding?

  • He joked about his wedding tackle while wearing a silly outfit to the wedding.

  • At the party, he made a funny comment about his wedding tackle to entertain the guests.

  • In his speech, he humorously referred to his wedding tackle while discussing wedding attire.

Synonyms

cobblers
vswedding tackle
  • Offensive
9.9

A man's testicles

is a humorous informal British term that can also mean the groom's outfit

Surface Forms

wedding tackle singular
wedding tackles plural

Morphology

wedding + tackle

The primary humorous/slang meaning 'male genitalia' is not directly derivable from 'wedding' (nuptial event) + 'tackle' (equipment/gear); a B1 learner would more plausibly interpret this as 'wedding equipment' or possibly 'groom's attire'. The sexualized, chiefly-British slang sense requires cultural and register knowledge beyond knowing the constituent words, so the expression is idiomatic and unpredictable.

Etymology

Wedding tackle plays on the word tackle, which means 'equipment' or 'tools', like fishing or sports gear, and people began joking that a man's private parts were his tackle, so the phrase came to mean 'male genitalia'. It is also sometimes used in a silly way for the groom's clothes, so today the phrase can link the idea of a man's 'equipment' with his 'attire'.