personification:
1. The attribution of a name and personal character to inanimate objects or abstract notions. Familiarity and humor dispel taboo and one of the surest ways to turn a taboo object into a familiar one is to give it a proper name (or charactronym). Many forenames have been applied to the penis , notably: Cecil, Charlie , Dick, John-Thomas , John-Willie , Percy , Peter, Roger, Willy . Male porn stars are notorious for picking phallic stage names: Rex Borsky / Busbone / Neve R. Come / Alex Dane / Dave De Long / John Decker / Sid Deuce / Dick Dickinson (dick and sons) / Rod Fontane / Billy Glide / Jack Goff / Pierre Har Donn / Rowdy Gallahad / Sweets Gurkin / Max Hardcore / Dave Hardman / Ron Hightower / Mike Horner / Rip Hymen / Johny Jam / Cal Jammer / Nick Knight / Derrick Lane / Jim Legman / Joe Logon / Attila Long / Longhorne / Dan D . Lyon / Biff Malibu / Andy Mast / Rodney Moore / Jim Nasium / Dick Nasty / Stumpy Penguino / Gerry Pike / Vladimir Roksoff / Virag Ronay / Dick Small / Randy Spears / Tony Speed / Spike / John Stagliano / Jake Steed / Colt Steele / Dick Steel (was pumping iron) / Kyle Stone / Slime Stone / John T. Bone / Rocky Toro / Frank Towers / Mile Uver / Teenie Weiner . Rodney Dangerfield was Dick Hertz in Saturday Night Live . See penis for synonyms.2. The representation of an inanimate object or abstract notion in the form of a person. Personifying one's genitals and breasts is very common: Penis names include: Captain-Hard , Cecil, Charlie , Dick, John (Thomas), Old-Adam , Percy , Peter, Roger, Willy, Mister-Fuzzy , Mister-Happy , Mister-Poky , Mister-Softy , Mister-Wiggly , Mr.-Big , Mr.-Bluevein , Mr.-Friendly , Mr.-Priapus , Mr.-Torpedo , Mr.-Wong . For the vagina we have: Fanny, Lady-Jane , Jane, Lili , Mary-Jane , Miss Brown, Miss-Laycock . For the breasts we have: The Pointer-Sisters,-The Boys, The Girls, The Twins, Thelma-and-Louise , Laverne-and-Shirley , Mickey-and-Minnie , Wilma-and-Betty , Lucy-and-Ethel .
QUOTES:
(1) Alan Richter. The Language of Sexuality (1987): ' Giving a name to the genitals may simply be an attempt to personify them but can also impute to them a life of their own, especially if their owner wishes to avoid responsibility for their actions .'
(2) Montana Morehead (Cathy Moriarty), a secret transsexual , to TV producer David Barnes (Robert Downey, Jr.) about Celeste Talbot in Soapdish (1991): ' Get rid of her and Mister-Fuzzy is yours .'
(3) Lola Caine (Sean Young) to Ned Ravine (Armand Assante) in Fatal Instincts (1993): ' Doesn't Mister-Poky want to go exploring? '
(4) Rick Jarman (Mel Gibson) to Muffy (Goldie Hawn) in Bird on a Wire (1990): ' Mister Wiggly's been on bread and water for five long years .'
(5) In My Fellow Americans (1997) ex-US President Douglas (James Garner) used to call-it Blinkey but changes it to The First Penis . Mr. Waldman in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1997) calls it Mister Wally.
(6) Officer Davis (Phil Hartman) in National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993): ' Why did the guy give a name to his penis? He didn't want a stranger making most of his decisions .'
(7) Stephen Tobolowsky also has a special and revealing name for his in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1996): ' Honey, Mister Monkey wants to play .'
See Also: Bloody Mary, Captain Hard, daddy longdick, dummy, five-finger Mary, five-fingered Annie, four sisters on thumb street, hairy Mary, jane, Jimbo, Johnny on the spot, johnny-come-lately, Jolly Red Giant, Julius Caesar, knobster, Lady Five Fingers, Lady Jane, Laverne and Shirley, Lili, Little Genie, Lucy and Ethel, Madam(e) Thumb and her four daughters, Mary Jane, Mary Palm, Mickey and Minnie, Miss Fist, Miss Laycock, Mister Fuzzy, Mister Happy, Mister Poky, Mister Wiggly, Mother Fist and her five daughters, Mr., Mr. Big, Mr. Bluevein, Mr. Friendly, Mr. Horner, Mr. Priapus, Mr. Wong, Mrs. Hand and the five fingers, Mrs. Palm and her five daughters, Old Frizzle, Old Hornington, Old Horny, old lady five fingers, Percy, Pointer Sisters, The, priapus, Roger the Lodger, Rupert, Senator Packwood, stanley, Thelma and Louise, Uncle Dick, veuve poignet, visitor with the red hair has come, Wilma and Betty
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