Etymologies
- From Latin baculum ("stick, staff, sceptre, cudgel") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I just learned the word baculum today and wanted to use it in a sentence.”
“Examinations revealed that Bijou has what appears to be an undeveloped prostate gland, as well as deteriorated testis and a penile bone -- called a baculum it is present in male dogs' penises -- inside her large clitoris.”
“The statement that the baculum is a bone that "facilitates an erection without blood" is altogether incorrect.”
“Another good word to use here is "baculum" which is a bone found in the penis of most mammals...”
“Most mammals (humans excluded) have a bone in their penis (called the baculum), which means not only that they are more exposed to trauma but that they don’t have to rely on their vascular systems to have an erection.”
“Also, like other mammals in the order carnivora, the male bears have a special bony structure in their penis called a "baculum".”
“Macaca munzala appears to be unique among macaques in craniodental size and structure, baculum, and aspects of caudal structure, while exhibiting affinities with the other members of the sinica-group to which it belongs.”
“For instance: A lot of animals including many mammals have a baculum, or penis bone, but humans do not.”
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“All of these can be subsumed under a thuggish logical fallacy, the argumentum ad baculum, "argument by the club.”
“This sort of reasoning hovers perilously close to the argumentum ad baculum.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘baculum’.
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phrontistery - b
List of words from phrontistery.info
bywoner, byssus, byssiferous, byssaceous, byrnie, butyric, butyraceous, buttery, buteonine, bunting, burdet, broma and 582 more...
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know-it-all
eunuch, couvade, ecclesiastes, enigma, inevitable, crucible, genteel, bedlam, baculum, scapulimancy, atrophy, smut and 170 more...
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Because I like them: A -- B
abacinate, aberdevine, ablepsy, abuccinate, acarology, acipenserine, abactor, adamantine, addressin, aeoline, ahimsa, agelast and 151 more...
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old faves
ones I already liked
vacuole, organelle, debauchle, voluptuous, spry, cattywampus, obscure, occlude, occult, celtic, voracious, ardently and 133 more...
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msc's Words
pugilist, threepeat, bloviate, palaver, syncreism, pastiche, eschatology, peripatetic, glossolalia, busker, nudnik, troglodyte and 213 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Depraved and Insulting English
Vocabulary from Peter Novobatzky's and Ammon Shea's highly entertaining book of words I wish I could use in conversation.
ablutophobic, aboiement, abydocomist, acalculiac, achilous, acokoinonia, acrocephalic, acrotophiliac, acrotomophiliac, ameliotist, apotemnophiliac, monopediomaniac and 349 more...
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Pathologica
carcinoma, sarcoma, dyscrasia, sclerosis, ictus, intussusception, thrombosis, embolism, sepsis, carcinomatosis, acrochordon, nevus and 58 more...
Tweets
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reesetee Oh, I'm sure there has been at some point. I should have said the First Ever Publicized Meeting of Wordies in Real Life. Jul 9, 2009
chained_bear Would it have been the first ever, really?? Was there no clandestine meeting among Wordizens that perhaps was not remarked upon publicly? Jul 9, 2009
reesetee I still can't believe I had to forego the First Ever Meeting of Wordies in Real Life. *fuming at travel agent* Jul 9, 2009
skipvia We love our bacula up here, reesetee. Next time you come up, we'll go to Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn and see some...ummm...bacula. Jul 7, 2009
reesetee I just want everyone to know that I saw plenty of bacula in Alaska. Skipvia's adopted state has apparently cornered the market. Jul 6, 2009
chained_bear See also this list. Jun 22, 2009
Prolagus I'm impressed. Apr 22, 2009
sionnach See discussion, starting around the 3:33 mark Jul 3, 2008
chained_bear See also baubellum. Oct 17, 2007
skipvia See oosik. Oct 16, 2007