On a series (Brooklyn 99 S2E2 beginning), one character announces their decision to get a vasectomy, and lets the others have fun at him. One such response is "No need to be so testes". I understand the connection to the issue at hand (testicles), but I don't understand the other part of the double entendree, can you explain it for me?
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It sounds like a pun on the word "testy", meaning grumpy or bad tempered. If someone was behaving in such a way, another person might tell them "no need to be so testy".
For example, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/testy#examples
that coworker would be easier to get along with if she weren't so testy all the time
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Nice answer. Don't you want to change the gender in your example, though? So the pun will work? Commented Jan 18, 2022 at 4:46