Cojones

That experience has caused me to cringe when I hear the word cojones used in American movies or television as a reference to testicles when the writer is trying to have the character talk dirty. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The British judicial system scarcely has any 'cojones' -- after all, they let killers out in less than ten years and think that community service sentences are appropriate for career criminals. ❋ Unknown (2009)

SBU The use of the word "cojones" - not wide-spread in Britain as it is in the U.S. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I'm stuck in a country with a currency called cojones which sounds a lot like a dirty Spanish word that I think means "balls". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jan Brewer's controversial immigration law and remarked that President Obama lacked the "cojones" to deal with illegal immigration. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

The soft, pink toys are being sold for $24.95 each ($21.95 a piece if you buy them in bulk!) and play Palin's "cojones" comment when squeezed. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

* And the question of the day: Ruth Marcus, who's been doing nice work on Sarah Palin lately, asks: Why is the most visible female Republican in the country equating testacles, i. e, "cojones," with toughness? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Update: This may be the most high-profile political use of the word "cojones" by an American woman since then-U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright famously said in 1996 that Cuba's shooting down of planes flown by anti-Castro exiles was "not cojones" but "cowardice." ❋ Unknown (2010)

George Bush liked Tony Blair because he had "cojones". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nothing will do more damage to the pro-European movement than giving room to the suspicion that we have something to hide, that we do not have the 'cojones' to carry out our argument to the people. ❋ Not A Sheep (2008)

Paladino aimed his below-the-belt shots at Cuomo's supposed failure to show his "cojones" in facing questions about his time at HUD and his connections to embattled Congressman Charlie Rangel. ❋ Unknown (2010)

FOX NEWS SUNDAY - Palin: Obama lacks 'cojones' to tackle immigration ❋ Unknown (2010)