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These Are the Most Common Nicknames British Men Have for Their Penises

Be honest, is yours Widgey McWidge Face?

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Eighty percent of British men have given their penis a nickname. That’s not a joke—well, for some of them it is, but that number is completely real.

Research from The Urology Foundation, reported by Metro, puts the figure at roughly 26 million men across the UK. The habit was most common in the North West, where 86 percent said they had one, and lower in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, where numbers hovered around 72 to 73 percent. Whatever the regional variation, the overall figure is hard to ignore.

As for what they’re actually calling it, the list runs from self-deprecating to deeply aspirational. John Thomas topped the rankings as the most common........

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