Donnicker

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A protective cup or athletic supporter worn by men to guard the genitals during sports such as hockey or baseball
2. An athletic supporter, often with a hard cup, that men wear to shield their groin area from impact during play
3. Protective genital gear, typically a jockstrap with a cup, used by male athletes to prevent injury in contact sports

Etymology: The spelling "donniker" is the form this word is usually given, and "donnicker" is an alternative spelling of it. Both forms are slang for a toilet, a word that has stayed in informal American speech rather than entering standard dictionaries as a formal term. Where the word itself came from is not well established. Slang of this kind often arrives through regional and immigrant speech and is rarely recorded at the moment it begins, so any firm claim about its ancestry would go beyond what can be confirmed.