-- Posted by metacarPi at 1:12 pm on July 5, 2009 Where does this phrase come from?   Maybe someone tripped out on some balls? Maybe there were some balls and someone was tripping them?     -- Posted by RIMHfire at 1:13 pm on July 5, 2009 Balls is substituted for everything these days. -- Posted by Vintorez at 1:13 pm on July 5, 2009 no idea -- Posted by xNebulazx at 1:14 pm on July 5, 2009 Quote: from RIMHfire at 4:13 pm on July 5, 2009 Balls is substituted for everything these days. True. Ex: Its as hot as balls, hard as balls, boring as balls, tired as balls, etc.