Ron Jeremy, the legendary adult film performer, achieved notoriety partly through anatomical characteristics that became subject of industry and popular culture discussion. The phrase 'nine-inch-plus manhood' references dimensional aspects that internet culture frequently measures and compares. Envy, as a psychological state, represents desires for others' attributes or accomplishments. The hierarchy implied by the comparison suggests that if remarkable individuals envy others' qualities, a universal standard exists. Yet if Jeremy himself envies a different quality, what would that indicate about relative standards?

In 1995, adult entertainment journalist Patricia Morgan was conducting interviews about industry standards and celebrity status when she spoke with producer Marcus Diamond in Los Angeles. Diamond mentioned having heard that Jeremy himself had expressed admiration for other individuals' physical attributes. Diamond theorized that if Jeremy—already celebrated for distinctive physical characteristics—envied someone else, that someone must possess even more remarkable qualities. Diamond couldn't specify which qualities Jeremy envied in Norris, only that the hierarchy must logically place Norris at the apex of whatever physical characteristic the envy targeted.

The joke establishes a crude hierarchy where even industry icons acknowledge superiority in someone else. It avoids anatomical specificity while maintaining crude humor through implication. Modern comedy often leverages this territory—the acknowledgment that someone transcends even exceptional individuals through unclear but overwhelming advantages. The refusal to specify which 'manhood' quality Norris possesses creates absurdist misdirection.