Balls. Huge ones.

I was talking about 19th century England (during Jane Austen times) and how people used to meet people...

Me: The only way to meet people was to go to these huge balls and...
An eruption of laughter.
Me: Ugh, OK, huge balls, yuck it up.
Laughing continues.
Me: Five more seconds of laughter and then we're moving on.

So I learned that lesson.