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When you hear the word Colin...

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PastMyBestBeforeDate · 22/04/2022 23:46

Does it mean anything other than a name?
DH has asked. He had a friend years ago who used it to mean an erection. I have never heard this.
Was it just his friend's made up 'thing' or was it actually a use of the name?
DH is not called Colin and they didn't know a Colin.

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WutheredOut · 22/04/2022 23:48

All cucumbers are Colin…

Squiff70 · 22/04/2022 23:50

Reminds me of the all-out war between M&S and Aldi last year over the Colin the Caterpillar cake!

Antarcticant · 22/04/2022 23:50

I've heard it to mean an erection, particularly 'half a Colin' for a semi-erection. It's not what I think of when I hear the name, though - I just think of a vague vista of men called Colin that I've met.

sandgrown · 22/04/2022 23:54

A birthday cake

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PastMyBestBeforeDate · 22/04/2022 23:55

Oh that's one for DH's mate!

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PastMyBestBeforeDate · 22/04/2022 23:57

But 2 for caterpillar cakes

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gogentlyforever · 23/04/2022 00:05

The dog in the comedy Spaced

GeorgiaGirl52 · 23/04/2022 00:08

Firth

PickAChew · 23/04/2022 00:09

A dachshund

fallfallfall · 23/04/2022 00:11

can someone help with the different pronunciations (and maybe the two names are spelled totally differently).
call-in vs ko-lin (like the politician colin powel)
colin as in colin powel reminds me of the bowel section, a persons colon.

Fevertree · 23/04/2022 00:12

The caterpillar

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PastMyBestBeforeDate · 23/04/2022 00:13

Probably before Mr D'Arcy exited a lake.

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ImInStealthMode · 23/04/2022 00:15

🐛

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PastMyBestBeforeDate · 23/04/2022 00:16

fall Colin Powell was a strange pronunciation to English ears.

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RJnomore1 · 23/04/2022 00:18

Arsehole I work with

avamiah · 23/04/2022 00:18

I really haven’t heard that name for years and don’t know a Colin.Even in films there is never a Colin but saying that there was a Colin in the very popular Tv series “It’s a Sin” and that’s really the only time I’ve heard a person being called Colin.

Perfectlystill · 23/04/2022 00:19

Caterpillar for me

avamiah · 23/04/2022 00:19

RJnomore1 · 23/04/2022 00:18

Arsehole I work with

Hahaha.
Do you call him Col or Colin? Lol

fallfallfall · 23/04/2022 00:21

@PastMyBestBeforeDate , in which case i have met two men who pronounce it like the bowel section.
but my first thought is to pronounce it Call-In, i associate it with irish heritage but i'm in canada where people love heritage names.

avamiah · 23/04/2022 00:24

I forgot all about Colin Firth who is a great actor but I think he is known more for the roles he plays ( names) if you know what I mean.

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PastMyBestBeforeDate · 23/04/2022 00:27

Perhaps I should have specified that the friend was from London. North America is a whole other world for names. I have Canadian family fall.

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Floralnomad · 23/04/2022 00:27

I had a Triumph Herald called Colin for quite a few years .

Kite22 · 23/04/2022 00:31

Never heard of your dh's reference.

I know a few Colins, so I would just think of it as a name, but if you asked for a reference other than a name, it would be the caterpillar (birthday cake)

@fallfallfall Neither of those. I seem to remember Colin Powell was said "coal -in"
I've never heard it said "call-in"

I would say "Col-in" with the 'Col' sounding like the first part of 'collar'

toomuchlaundry · 23/04/2022 00:35

Firth/Mr Darcy

AuntTwacky · 23/04/2022 00:35

Caterpillars