bobbitt

See also: Bobbitt

English

Etymology

From the surname of John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife cut off his penis during his sleep.

Verb

bobbitt (third-person singular simple present bobbitts, present participle bobbitting, simple past and past participle bobbitted)

  1. (informal, transitive) To cut off the penis of (a person).
    Watch out: she might bobbitt you as you sleep.
  2. (informal, transitive) To cut off (the penis).
    • 1995, Fortean Times, numbers 78-83, page 8:
      […] penis should be Bobbitted by about seven feet, having been joined up to his navel in error […]
    • 2007, Karen Kendall, Fit to be Tied, page 46:
      The consensus was that the thing was indecent, and it had to be abridged, Bobbitted, turtled, so to speak.
    • 2019, Lt. Col. K. Gopinathan (Retd), The Coup India Missed
      One by one, the emasculated humanoids emerged from the LCV into their weird penis-less world. […] The Group Leader […] pulled a SAT phone from the glove compartment and tapped out 'bobbitted'. He pressed the send button.

Derived terms

  • pull a Bobbitt
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