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
 Get the Balls to the wallmug.
Get the Balls to the wallmug. One of the single most racist parts of an album ever, from The Wall by Pink Floyd (contains The Show Must Go On, In the Flesh, Run Like Hell, Waiting for the Worms, Stop, The Trial, and Outside the Wall)
Dude side 4 of the wall by Pink Floyd is nuts, they really just said coon and queer in a derogatory way
by Pink Floyd lover  September 12, 2025
 Get the side 4 of the wallmug.
Get the side 4 of the wallmug. sane person: Hey bro have you heard this new song its called writing on th-
totally normal person: HAVE I HEARD OF WRITING ON THE WALL???? ITS BEEN ON REPEAT ON MY PHONE AND MY BRAIN 24/7 I NEED THIS SONG IN MY VEINS. IN WILL STETSON WE TRUST!
totally normal person: HAVE I HEARD OF WRITING ON THE WALL???? ITS BEEN ON REPEAT ON MY PHONE AND MY BRAIN 24/7 I NEED THIS SONG IN MY VEINS. IN WILL STETSON WE TRUST!
by RayIsDum October 23, 2023
 Get the Writing on the wallmug.
Get the Writing on the wallmug. Person 1: "Have you heard about the Great Mexican Wall?"
Person 2: "No, why?"
Person 3: "I've heard of Donald Trump building it."
Person 1: "Bad news, we're paying for it."
Person 2: "Darn."
Person 2: "No, why?"
Person 3: "I've heard of Donald Trump building it."
Person 1: "Bad news, we're paying for it."
Person 2: "Darn."
by undefinedVoid October 14, 2017
 Get the the great mexican wallmug.
Get the the great mexican wallmug. You've got to have a good relationship with it
you might not get to stare at it for too long
yet its guaranteed to do wonders in your life
you might not get to stare at it for too long
yet its guaranteed to do wonders in your life
by Happy Christian April 11, 2023
 Get the Western Wallmug.
Get the Western Wallmug. Its a movement trick in krunker which is done using any weapon with knockback by shooting the wall in the opposite direction you are moving to gain a boost off the wall.
by LAS14975 November 20, 2024
 Get the Wall-Boostingmug.
Get the Wall-Boostingmug. -OMG... How did you get that wicked huge bump on your head?
-I got wall sconced this morning right as I was about to cum!
-I got wall sconced this morning right as I was about to cum!
by Peep & Haha March 11, 2010
 Get the Wall Sconcedmug.
Get the Wall Sconcedmug.