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** Sam Vimes is familiar with giving and receiving, for one. Also from the Watch books, Carrot Ironfoundersson received a [[Balls of Steel|codpiece]] as a going-away gift from a friend of his (adopted) father, though he was initially naive enough to think no one would dare strike someone else there.

** One of these inspires a villain in ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]'' after he tries to put the moves on Polly "Oliver" Perks when she's [[Recursive Crossdressing|dressed up as a boy dressed up as a girl.]] Yes, that makes sense. The same book also has a scene where the protagonist is bitten by a horse to the place where her family jewels would be, were she actually male (she keeps a bundle of socks there, instead). The sole male witness quickly faints, and after he comes to Polly hastily explains that her trousers were baggy enough the horse didn't do any damage.

** One dwarven saying is, "When their hands are above your head, your teeth are level with their crotch." The implications water the eyes.

** To Cohen the Barbarian and his Silver Horde, psychological warfare consists of spending the night before a big battle intimidating the enemy with chants of: "We're going to ''cut'' your ''[[Unusual Euphemism|tonkers]]'' off". Performing this operation on your worst enemy and then offering it as a present is likewise their idea of how to impress a woman.

** In ''[[Discworld/Guards Guards|Guards! Guards!]]'', [[Butt Monkey|Corporal Nobbs]] kicks Detritus the Troll in the stones, and nearly breaks his foot.

** Also from ''[[Discworld/Guards Guards|Guards! Guards!]]'': Sergent Colon to Nobby Nobbs. "You know all about 'voonerables', Nobby. I've watched you fight."

** Mort gets one from {{spoiler|Death himself}}.

** In order to properly shoe unruly stallions, Jason Ogg threatens to do this to them. With a ''smithing hammer''. Likewise, You Bastard the camel recognizes a similar implied threat in ''[[Discworld/Pyramids|Pyramids]]'', in the form of two bricks. This references an old joke about a bet between two French Foreign Legionaires, one of whom claimed he could make a camel jump straight up in the air...

** In ''[[Discworld/Carpe Jugulum|Carpe Jugulum]]'', after blocking two [[Armor-Piercing Slap|Armor Piercing Slaps]] from Perdita, Vlad the vampyre discovers that he's got no hands left and Perdita has a knee in reserve.

** Arnold Sideways of the Canting Crew, a band of near-legendary Ankh-Morpork beggars, is considered a useful asset in a fight despite having no legs because "a man with good teeth at groin height has things his own way". He also has a boot on the end of a stick, meaning that many thieves desperate enough to attack the beggars would find themselves kicked in the head by a man four feet high.

** Granny Weatherwax gives an Elf a double handed punch in the area in ''[[Discworld/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]''.

** In ''[[Discworld/Going Postal (Discworld)|Going Postal]]'' and ''[[Discworld/Making Money|Making Money]]'', Adora Belle Dearheart gives, threatens, and attempts a few of these. And in ''[[Discworld/Making Money|Making Money]]'' Moist von Lipwig gets one from Owlswick Jenkins.

** In Ankh-Morpork, this is generally preceded by the phrase "Kick him 'inna fork!"

** "''This'' is how you win a dogfight!" -- Gaspode the Wonder Dog's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

** In ''[[Discworld/Small Gods|Small Gods]]'' Om does this to an eagle near the end of the book, as the Annotated Prachett notes, eagles don't actually have that particular piece of anatomy [[Rule of Funny|but no reason to let that get in the way of a good joke.]]

=== Played for Drama ===

* ''[[Haunted 2005(Palahniuk novel)|Haunted]]'': Shoo-rook.