- The word comes about from a television show characters inability to say the word penis or testicles. She uses this word to signify testicles, likely because of another euphemism used for this word - "balls." This is a metaphorical/analogical word formation process because balls and bubbles are both spherical in shape.
bubbles
noun; analogy
A euphemism for testicles.
Etymology : From bubbles, but also possibly from balls
Source : "I saw his pee-pee and his bubbles." Jess Day in the television show New Girl. Season 1, Episode 4 - "Naked"
Last modified: 5 December 2011