bawbag

Borrowed from Scots bawbag (“ballsack”). Doublet of ballbag.

bawbag (plural bawbags)

1. (Scotland, vulgar) The scrotum or ballsack.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scrotum

   • 2015, Stephen G. Yanoff, Ransom on the Rhone‎^[1], Austin, T.X.; New York, N.Y.; Boca Raton, F.L.: Murder Ink Press, →ISBN, page 80:

     "Parker tried to chib me, so I kicked him in the bawbag. Holding his privates, the dobber threatens to kill my family...and my dug [dog]! I dunno what came over me, but I wanted to kill the dirty bastard. Only a bampot would say such a thing."

2. (Scotland, vulgar) An obnoxious and contemptible person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jerk

   • 2022, T. L. Huchu, Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments‎^[2], London: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 64:

     I'm gonna find those bawbags and make them pay for what they did to my pal.

• “bawbag, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

From baw +‎ bag.

bawbag (plural bawbags)

1. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) ballbag; scrotum.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bawbag.

• Used pejoratively, in the same way that scrotum can be used pejoratively. Specifically applied pejoratively to one who is unpleasant, foolish, or annoying.

• → English: bawbag