banjo string

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Noun[edit]

banjo string (plural banjo strings)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see banjo,‎ string.
  2. (British, vulgar, slang) The frenulum of the penis.
    • 1994 November 9, K.J. DREA, “Banjo string snapped!”, in alt.banjo[1] (Usenet):
      My banjo string snapped the other day, there was blood everywhere!
    • 2002 February 28, Jonathan Cope, “Ouch!”, in The Guardian[2]:
      Tell someone you've cut your frenulum and the chances are you'll get a blank look. But if you mention - to a man at least - that you've snapped your banjo string, he'll wince in sympathy.
    • 2016 March 28, Tony Roche, 13:20 from the start, in Fresh Meat, season 4, episode 6 (television production), spoken by Melissa "Oregon" Shawcross (Charlotte Ritchie), Channel 4:
      And also, can please nobody mention that I snapped a man's banjo string whilst making love to him on a table, which resulted in him being deported?