I am in a class about Czech cinema, and my professor once mentioned that rohlíky are sometimes used as an innuendo in Czech media because of its phallic shape (for example, 6:08 in Jan Švankmajer’s short film [“The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia”](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zjHADs025ZA&feature=share)). Now I am writing about this symbolism for an essay, but I cannot find a source that corroborates my professor’s comment anywhere on the internet. (note that I do not speak Czech and my knowledge of Czech culture is limited.)
Could anyone confirm that rohlíky has this connotation (or better yet, direct me to a source that I could potentially cite)? I would ask my professor, but she is not accessible right now. Thank you!! 🙂
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Not really
In “nuda v Brně” there was a scene with condom and rohlík
in this [bachelor thesis](https://is.muni.cz/th/jn7yq/0805BPnew_ob73j.pdf?lang=en;stahnout=1;dk=cE521FFu) you can find rohlík listed as a synonym for penis
I never heard it used like that.
I always thought “innuendo” is some badass word, because Queen used it for their last “real” album. But no, it literally means making fun of something.
In your endo
Never seen it used as that. Bannanas and Sausages are much more common (anecdotally)
Never heard it used in this context.