Cold as Balls Archives - Mr. Local History Project https://mrlocalhistory.org/tag/cold-as-balls/ History and Gossip from New Jersey Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:02:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/mrlocalhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/cropped-Mr-local-History-250-Logo-theme.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Cold as Balls Archives - Mr. Local History Project https://mrlocalhistory.org/tag/cold-as-balls/ 32 32 168989768 Origins of Cold as Balls and Cold as a Witch’s Teet https://mrlocalhistory.org/coldasballs/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/coldasballs/#comments Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:37:00 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=3282 The phrase "cold as balls" reportedly comes from the contraction of metal on ship's cannons, causing the iron balls to fall. The expression "cold as a witch's tit" originated from the belief that witches, portrayed as cold-blooded in the 1600s, had an 'unholy' body part feeding familiars or the devil.

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