by Kaleb Kaiser December 14, 2008
by T Macalicious April 15, 2014
by Tim April 12, 2005
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.
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.
--Nah, gotta head home pal, 'cause otherwise the old ball and chain will come in here an' drag me there.
by Misacek01 November 02, 2013
by Mel_007 June 09, 2017
A middle aged man who hangs out with younger guys trying to feel young again, but is still an old bastard. An "old balls" is usually a racist and likes to drink beer and jack daniels while sitting around making fun of stupid porch monkeys. "Old balls" likes to hear about other peoples sex stories but has none of his own stories because again, he's an old fart. This person also has been known to give a dutch ruder or two and is known to leave crows nest everywhere he goes.
Guy 1- Did you see what Old Balls did last night?
Guy 2- No what the fuck did the old fucker do?
Guy 1- That mother fucker got shit faced off jack n coke and sat around talkin shit about them dumb knuckle draggin forty drinkin yard apes, then he got caught in the bathroom giving Garrett a dutch ruder and left a crows nest in the shitter!
Guy 2- What a fuckin gooncock!
Guy 2- No what the fuck did the old fucker do?
Guy 1- That mother fucker got shit faced off jack n coke and sat around talkin shit about them dumb knuckle draggin forty drinkin yard apes, then he got caught in the bathroom giving Garrett a dutch ruder and left a crows nest in the shitter!
Guy 2- What a fuckin gooncock!
by 1GMC2500 September 21, 2011
Something that is very old (many years have past). As balls are wrinkly (like old people), it makes a good analogy. Alternately from the facts that the 'ball', a spherical object, has been around for pretty much ages.
by Hobbeh November 27, 2013