Ball and Chain Ball 

An outrageously fun wedding, where the bride and groom acknowledge that they are prisoners of love - prepared to be legally shackled to one another for eternity. Prison Attire is required at a Ball and Chain Ball.

Eric: Will you Marry Me? Adele: Yes, but only at a Ball and Chain Ball. Eric: Duh! Adele: Please don't dress up as Nick Nolte. Eric: As long as you don't dress up like Martha Stewart.

A deal is struck, and the planning begins for the ball and chain ball.

Ball and Chain Ball by Joe Mama Harrington March 30, 2009

ball and chain baby 

(noun) when a female gets pregnant on purpose, with the hope that the baby daddy will then marry her. Once a wife, women are often referred to as "the old ball and chain" because they keep a guy held down; away from his friends; "imprisoned."

Tiffany lied to Marquez about being on birth control, and now she's going to have her little ball and chain baby--but there's no way that Marquez is going to marry her.

ball and chain baby by mike87111 February 21, 2010

Ball and Chain Syndrome 

When one or both partners in a committed relationship become aroused during discussions regarding engagement or matrimony; arousal will occur despite a lack of sexual advances on either part.

Caitlin: "It was the strangest thing...Brian and I were talking about getting engaged the other day, and all of a sudden he had a raging hard on."

Carole: "Uhh, yeah. That's because he has a bad case of Ball and Chain Syndrome."

Ball and Chain Syndrome by C.P.Q. October 10, 2009

old ball and chain 

one's wife

The origin is from ancient prisoner restraint methods -- approximately around the late middle ages, prisoners wore a heavy metal ball attached by a chain on their legs, to prevent them from making a run for their freedom (or at least, that is the way medieval prisoners are often depicted in modern popular culture).

The allusion is that one's wife will not let one go anywhere (mostly meant as "go out", rather than "run away from her"), much like the ball and chain.

--Ho, Bob, ya havin' 'nother?
--Nah, gotta head home pal, 'cause otherwise the old ball and chain will come in here an' drag me there.

old ball and chain by Misacek01 November 25, 2013

Yank the ball and chain 

To masturbate, the ball refers to the male testicles and chain refers to the actual penis

Man I'm so horny, time to yank the ball and chain

I'm so sore, I spent all day yanking the ball and chain

Yank the ball and chain by LD;) October 10, 2017

Double Ball and Chain 

Used as a noun to describe a whore

man 1- yo dawg, have you met susie?

man 2- BRO!!!! That bitch needs a double ball and chain to fill her appetite

Double Ball and Chain by GVMSEG April 20, 2010

Lucky ball and chain 

Usually referred to as a wife who has been around a long time.
A wife keeping you from doing other things.

Sorry can’t go to the bar tonight, my lucky ball and chain and I are having dinner at her parents place tonight.

Lucky ball and chain by Hacquer July 21, 2022