A lorum is a male genital piercing, placed horizontally on the underside of the penis at its base, where the penis meets the scrotum. The word "lorum" is a

portmanteau In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together.

of the words "low" and "

frenum A frenulum or frenum (: frenula or frena, from the Latin ''frēnulum'', "little bridle", the diminutive of ''frēnum'') is a small fold of tissue that secures the motion of a mobile organ in the body. In human anatomy Frenula on the huma ...

", so named because it is essentially a very low-placed

frenum piercing A frenum piercing is a body piercing, piercing of the human penis, penis shaft's underside. A series of Parallel (geometry), parallel frenum piercings is known as a frenum ladder. A frenum ladder may extend to include Lorum (piercing), lorum, haf ...

. Much like the

piercing, the lorum can have multiple rungs added and be a ladder as well.

Jewelry Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment such as brooches, ring (jewellery), rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the ...

typically used in this piercing includes the straight barbell and the captive bead ring. However, there have been cases where other jewelry such as studs and horseshoe barbells have been used. Noting: that the studs usually imply a rather shallow placement or stretching of the area has made it become shallow.

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Male genital piercings {{Bodypiercing-stub

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