Balls to the wall did not originate with steam engines, as some of these "authority" figures on the matter state.
Remember, there were no televisions back then, nor radios, the primary media was writing in books and magazines.
An extremely cursory Google search will show you this term originated with pilots OF THE VIETNAM WAR ERA.
books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Balls+to+the+wall&year_start=1600&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CBalls%20to%20the%20wall%3B%2Cc0
Gg. I'm going to bed now. Ninite.
Remember, there were no televisions back then, nor radios, the primary media was writing in books and magazines.
An extremely cursory Google search will show you this term originated with pilots OF THE VIETNAM WAR ERA.
books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Balls+to+the+wall&year_start=1600&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CBalls%20to%20the%20wall%3B%2Cc0
Gg. I'm going to bed now. Ninite.
by CreQQ December 13, 2016

by Epicwowaweewowmoemento November 9, 2020

Ball up top like in basketball when you check the ball at the top of the key to reset play. Represents a moment to pause and reset, like hitting the reset button in life. It's when you take a step back to reassess and refocus before moving forward.
Jake and his girl keep arguing. Ball up top. He takes a step back, cools off, figures out what’s real, then comes back smooth and locked in.
by checkball March 9, 2025

When a man fucks a girl in the butthole and the balls of the man are hitting the fanny (panny) of the girl. that's the moment when the balls are getting deep fried
by FUQBOII October 23, 2014
