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flange

n.
C2 Proficiency US //ˈfɫændʒ// UK //flˈændʒ// flange Archaic Humorous Slang Vulgar

n. a slang word for a penis. It is a very informal and crude way to talk about this body part.

n. a vulgar slang term for the penis. Used primarily in informal or humorous contexts; considered highly offensive in professional or polite speech.


SIMPLE

He made a joke about the flange during the meeting.

CONTEXTUAL

The comedian used the word flange to make a crude joke about the audience's reaction to the performance.

COMPLEX

While the term flange is occasionally used in technical engineering to describe a projecting rim, its primary modern usage is restricted to vulgar slang and is generally avoided in formal discourse.

Synonyms
Origin

From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish hlanka, from Proto-Germanic hlankō (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.

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