noun
bung
A coarse slang term for the anus.
The coarse joke used bung as a slang name for the anus.
Etymology
The slang draws on a cask’s bung and bung-hole. It transfers the container opening to the bodily opening in a coarse, deliberately undignified comparison.
More examples
- The editor removed the crude reference to his bung.
- The glossary marked this use of bung as vulgar.
- The character’s complaint about his bung was deliberately crude.
Forms
bung · bungs
Similar words
- anus
- Anus is the standard anatomical term; bung is coarse slang.