bash the bishop

Meaning

To masturbate by stimulating one's penis.

Translations

cascar

pelar-se-la

se tutoyer

se crosser

s'astiquer le poireau

se taper une queue

s'astiquer le manche

étrangler le borgne

pajearse

pelársela

Etymology

Uncertain or disputed. Goldman (1950) suggests that beat the bishop comes from a resemblance of the penis to a bishop’s miter; Partridge (7th ed., 1970) likewise derives bash the bishop from a resemblance to the Staunton bishop chess piece. Other sources, such as Green, suggest that assonance of bishop with bash, beat, bop etc. may have given rise to the phrase as a type of word play.