Hokkien Ji vulgarities from a Physiological Perspective


I have studied reproductive system 4 times, once in O lvl, another 2 in ANP1/2 in poly. Now another time in this module physiology bs201. However this is the first time, i am able to relate many hokkien vulgarities to what i am studying. this might be the impact army has on my thinking. In this post I mean no offense to either sex.

Hokkien context of Bo ji

Bo ji- No balls, meaning no courage to accomplish certain task when challenge.
E.g "Delon bo ji to ask that chio bu for her number"

pls take note if sumone castrated he is generally termed as chao ah gua, not boji, boji is used periodically only, sumtime that person who bo ji, can have his ji coming out again: wu ji and proceed to accomplish the challenge

from a physiological perspective, there is acutally such situation when the balls of a genetic male do not protrude out (note it is not due to atrophy or shrinking till the extend of unobservable testis)

Physiological Explanation of Bo ji

During embryonic development, the testes develops in he gonadal ridge means cavity in the abdominal area, UNILL the last month (8month of gestation) Normal balls that push out (descend) throught the inguinal canal into the scrotum.

This seems quite far fetch, balls develope in t pelvic area den drop into a bag-like scrotum. but its sumting liddat.

For some, this dropping does not occur, so he have balls, but just still inside , i cant imagine his saggy balless scrotum though. This condition is cryptochidism.

The testis are outside because spermatogenesis is temperature sensitive, therefore no viable sperm will be produce, and further work have to be done to correlate whether spermless equals to inability to take up challenge. This can be done by a correlation study by examing impotent man and their challange seeking motivation scale.

so instead of using boji in daily context, we can consider replace it with the more elegant and scientific form, Cryptorchidism

eg. "eh you cryptochid ixxit? dun even dare to jump down from 7th floor"
"eh you bo ji ixxit? dun even dare to jump down from 7th floor"

but if a note to point out is not to substitute cryptochid with bo ji in scientific contxt

qns: what is the term for a person with testicular disorder that is characterise by no spermatogenesis because of the incorrect anatomical location of the testis during embryonic development

Ans: Bo ji (suppose to be cryptorchidism)


Hokkien contxt of Hum Ji


E.g "Delon hum ji arh, say he wan to run 84km, then now back out"

This is very similar to bo ji, but it is more commonly used in the context of backing out, or quiting. direct translation means like the balls shrink or restract.

Physiological Explanation of Hum ji

Spermatogenesis is a temperature sensitive process in the testis to produce the sperm, when environmental temperature changes, they body regulate the position of the testis to maintain the optimum temperature. This is done by the unconscious control by spinal reflex mechanism.

when the temp is too hot, the scrotal muscle will relax thus the balls will be hanging freely. when the temp is too cold, the scrotal muscle will contract, brining the balls nearer to the body to prevent heatloss and the body is generally warmer, passing the heat to the balls.

when you hum ji, it means you are frighten or intimidated, the limbic system in the CNS will be activated to give the emotions associated with fear, this will also activate sympathetic division of autonomic nervous system, commonly known as fight or flight, during which, there will be widespread vasocontriction of arteriole, which will means the scrotum muscle will contract. bringing about the phenomenon of Hum Ji, another longer term for this is Lan Pa Ji Kiew (shrink) which explain the same phenomenon. In early days when man do not wear clothes, the shrinking of balls when he is frighten or running away is observe by hokkeins and thus the incorporation of this term into their languages. You dun see American or British describing being afaid as "shrinking balls"


OMG i spent 20 mins on this dumb post, time to get back to Female reproductive system, somehow i cant seems to visualize it :(