show-er

From show +‎ -er. The hyphenated spelling serves to distinguish from shower (“precipitation”) and related senses, which are pronounced differently and are etymologically unrelated.

show-er (plural show-ers)

1. Nonstandard form of shower (“man whose penis appears relatively large when flaccid”).
   • 1994, jenster, “Penis Size and other Eternal Questions”, in seattle.general‎ (Usenet):

     "Growers" are guys whose penises tend to contract a lot lengthwise when flaccid, while "show-ers" are guys whose penises could be said to merely "deflate" without contracting much in length.

   • 2006, Mike Zimmerman, “Members only: 15 things you don't know about your penis”, in Men's Health‎, volume 21, number 6:

     One kind expands and lengthens when becoming erect (a grower). The other appears big most of the time, but doesn't get much bigger after achieving erection (a show-er).

   • 2011, K.M. Soehnlein, Robin and Ruby‎:

     "I'm a grower. You're a show-er," Robin says, looking downward, comparing himself to George with a self-conscious pang.

• Howser, Whoser, howers, howres, reshow, showre, whores