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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread English sailors #70904 05/23/2002 1:11 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Used to claim this condition to impress pickups:Diphallic terata: a disease in which a man has two penises. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: English sailors #70905 07/17/2002 2:27 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Rubrick addict Rubrick addict Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York I read an article in my newspaper the other day about Freak Shows - both modern and of the time of Barnum and Bailey. There was a self-styled freak who worked for him who was born with three legs and (less well-known) two penises. Damned if I can remember his name but would this be an example of Diphallic terata? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: English sailors #70906 07/17/2002 3:33 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Here is a URL about freaks that describes such a man. Not much detail though. http://www.bizarremag.com/ask/freaks.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: English sailors #70907 07/18/2002 3:05 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Snakes' paired organs are called hemipenes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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