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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
  2. adj. Of or relating to the cult of the phallus as an embodiment of generative power: phallic worship.
  3. adj. Of or relating to the third stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, from about ages three to six, during which gratification is focused on sensations associated with the genital organs. The phallic stage is preceded by the anal stage and followed by the latency period.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Of or pertaining to the phallus or the generative principle in nature: as, phallic worship.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Having to do with the penis, especially in terms of shape.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to phallism.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. relating to a phallus especially as an embodiment of generative power
  2. adj. resembling or being a phallus

Etymologies

  1. From phallus ("penis") + -ic. (Wiktionary)
  2. Greek phallikos, from phallos, phallus; see phallus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • chained_bear In conversation last night about this page, the links on it--particularly this year's winner--and the lovely pictures linked to bloomin' dildo, the term dikebana was coined. Jul 31, 2008

  • sakhalinskii Isn't whether something is wide or long dependent on what angle you're looking at it from? Jul 31, 2008

  • dontcry Fingers, legs, arms, hairs, intestines, highways, spaghetti, skis... Jul 31, 2008

  • bilby A rolling pin? Jul 31, 2008

  • chained_bear Lots of things are longer than they are wide and aren't phallic. I can think of one in particular that, if you have one, would pretty much guarantee you are female. Jul 31, 2008

  • reesetee But isn't it also wider than it is long? Jul 31, 2008

  • sionnach Just apply the phallic criterion: "is it longer than it is wide?"; if the answer is affirmative, then yes. Jul 31, 2008

  • sakhalinskii Can the internet be considered phallic? Jul 31, 2008

  • arby c_b, your comment was cut off on the home page just at the most suggestive place - "hard". Ha ha!

    Yes, I have nothing substantive to add to the discussion. Jul 31, 2008

  • chained_bear I have to wonder if the designer was trying to put one over on us, assuming that most people wouldn't immediately say "Gosh, that looks like a hard ___, ___ing into a _____!!" Because, truly, he/she could NOT have POSSIBLY ...

    Well...

    If he/she didn't see that, I feel sorry for him/her/them/it. Jul 31, 2008

  • sionnach corrected phallic logo awards link

    Great 1920s transvestite oral sex action. Snort! Jul 31, 2008

  • skipvia I know what you mean, Pro. What could the designer have been thinking?

    *better not answer that* Jul 31, 2008

  • Prolagus It's the one I was talking about! Jul 31, 2008

  • skipvia Don't miss this one. I think it's supposed to be a pagoda... Jul 31, 2008

  • Prolagus Still some problems with links, froggy :-D
    PLEASE tell me the last one is fake. PLEASE. Jul 31, 2008

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