English Language & Usage Asked on July 31, 2021
How do we spell “sac” / “sack” when referring to the testicles?
Is it: She kicked me in the “sack” or “sac”?
Sack is short for nut sack or nutsack, meaning the scrotum.
(In case it needs spelling out, the allusion is to a bag containing nuts, i.e. testicles.)
A word spelled sac also exists, which Oxforddictionaries.com defines as
A cavity enclosed by a membrane within a living organism, containing air, liquid, or solid structures.
The latter spelling is mainly used in a life-science context.
Answered by Erik Kowal on July 31, 2021
All due respect, Mr. Kowal, but I have always spelled it nutsac. (And apparently, Coolio, and other artistes of of his genre, agree.)
I have also learned (in researching this particular question) that there is apparently a sport called disc-golf (which really shouldn't surprise me because I went to a hippie college where the only sport was "freestyle frisbee" and the school colors were heliotrope and puce, which are two very similar shades of purple) and the purveyors of a special bag for carrying the equipment (frisbees) for said sport have appropriated the name "NutSac", but failed to register the trademark - leading to the conclusion that too many others regularly use it for another purpose.
Regarding the question, I submit that sac is less ambiguous.
Answered by Oldbag on July 31, 2021
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