# For Mature Audiences: What is Tea-Bagging? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 28, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mature-audiences-what-is-tea-bagging/323874 "2005-09-28T16:41:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mature-audiences-what-is-tea-bagging/323874/21 "2005-09-29T04:03:24Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > I remember watching an interview of Waters, where he said that it was just something random he threw into the movie and the term was made up on the spot. He seemed surprised and a little flattered that teabagging became such a sensation. This is, of course, bullshit. The term and a description of it appears in usenet postings as early as 1991. _Pecker_, by Waters, was from 1998. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mature-audiences-what-is-tea-bagging/323874/22 "2005-09-29T04:08:15Z")
> [@Fridgemagnet](#): > > So if that’s teabagging, then what is the name of the practice whereby one’s testicles are enveloped by a teapot of lukewarm water, while one’s partner lovingly blows down the spout to provide for a small, intimate and refreshing Jacuzzi? > > I think we need to know. Umm, “bubbling the bollocks”, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mature-audiences-what-is-tea-bagging/323874/23 "2005-09-29T10:36:20Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > heh. depends. > A bunch of my friends (all in their 30s to 40s) think it is funny to teabag someone who has passed out. Typically, someone shoots a pic of the event and it circulates the next week via email. We use definition #2. . . > > I have a buncha immature friends. And I say that even tho I’ve never been hit.😉 You’re friends are in their _30s and 40s_ and they do this? Wow. Just wow. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mature-audiences-what-is-tea-bagging/323874/24 "2005-09-29T13:02:08Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > You’re friends are in their _30s and 40s_ and they do this? > Wow. Just wow. Yep. Wow is right. There is one guy we know who we nicknamed “teabag”. He thinks it is because he eschews coffee. He has no idea what the name can mean. It is funny when, in a crowd, someone yells, “Yo, teabag!” and he responds. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mature-audiences-what-is-tea-bagging/323874/25 "2005-09-29T18:01:49Z")
> [@](#): > > There is one guy we know who we nicknamed “teabag”. He thinks it is because he eschews coffee. He has no idea what the name can mean. It is funny when, in a crowd, someone yells, “Yo, teabag!” and he responds. Maybe if you have a friend who’s into piercings, you can call him “Lipton”. … ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mature-audiences-what-is-tea-bagging/323874/26 "2005-09-29T18:29:28Z")
A good friend’s new girlfriend had this same question for a group of us at a bar recently. After a little chuckling we let her know what it was, and with no apparent edit function she turns to him and says “Hey, so that thing we were doing the other night has a name!” :eek: 😃 The rest of us of course darn near hit the floor laughing & the two of them kinda stare at the floor for a bit… I hope they stay together for a while, in addition to being a cool person her inability to self-edit is _comedy gold_… ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mature-audiences-what-is-tea-bagging/323874/27 "2005-09-29T18:38:45Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > You’re friends are in their _30s and 40s_ and they do this? > Wow. Just wow. Not to mention that they apparently pass out often enough for this to be a regular practice… ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mature-audiences-what-is-tea-bagging/323874/28 "2005-09-29T21:13:40Z")
So if I’m lovingly lowering my nuts into my partner’s mouth, am I tea-bagging her or is she tea-bagging me? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mature-audiences-what-is-tea-bagging/323874/29 "2005-09-29T21:24:36Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > So if I’m lovingly lowering my nuts into my partner’s mouth, am I tea-bagging her or is she tea-bagging me? I would say you are. After all it’s your…bag. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-mature-audiences-what-is-tea-bagging/323874.md?page=1)