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Cremasteria

cremasteria (n): 1 (of a man) the condition of retracted testicles;

2 a psychoneurosis occurring in a man when confronted by an assertive woman asking him questions he has no good answers to (from cremaster, the muscle responsible for the testicle-retraction reflex, occurring, among others, during moments of extreme fear)

cremasterical (adj): of, relating to, or marked by, cremasteria
Attorney General Sessions seemed to be suffering a case of cremasteria under questioning by Senator Harris
by KingPellinore June 14, 2017
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cremasteria

(n): 1 (of a man) the condition of retracted testicles; 2 a psychoneurosis occurring in a man when confronted by an assertive woman asking him questions he has no good answers to (from cremaster, the muscle responsible for the testicle-retraction reflex, occurring, among others, during moments of extreme fear)
While Senator Kamala Harris was accused of displaying hysteria in her attempts to get AG Jeff Sessions to give a straight answer, it was clear from his demeanor that he was in the throes of cremasteria.
by W0rd N3rd June 15, 2017
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