# Knock'in Boots Poll: Having Sex - so what do you call it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 27, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957 "2003-02-27T19:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/41 "2003-02-28T14:23:04Z")
We call it fucking…or, more precisely, we say “Wanna wanna wannafuck?” -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/42 "2003-02-28T14:45:57Z")
“rumpy-pumpy” [sup]Well not me personally, but I have heard it used[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/43 "2003-02-28T15:50:54Z")
Shagging Makin’ Whoopie Tearing one off “DO ME!” ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/44 "2003-02-28T16:40:43Z")
Well, I only use sign language to describe it… 🙂 Much more fun that way. ---
**Author:** ![stuckinthemiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@stuckinthemiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuckinthemiddle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/45 "2003-02-28T16:46:22Z")
Givin’ her a pickle tickle. Scroggin’. Horizontal bop. ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/46 "2003-02-28T16:55:54Z")
beating up her guts ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/47 "2003-02-28T18:36:14Z")
Making a deposit at the bank. Putting the baby batter in the oven. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/48 "2003-02-28T19:28:54Z")
Joe Bob Briggs had a lot of Shakespeare-inspired eupemisms. “They were making the Sign of the Two- Backed Whale.” “They were making the Sign of the Double-Gilled Anaconda.” His best, however, was the simple yet elegant “She was pointing her toes at the moon.” ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/49 "2003-02-28T19:45:34Z")
I just heard Boingy Boingy… ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/50 "2003-02-28T19:53:41Z")
Don’t forget “the 14-letter “S”-word” (Snugglebunnies!) ---
**Author:** ![Thomas\_Stearns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Thomas\_Stearns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thomas_Stearns)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/51 "2003-02-28T20:10:15Z")
SNUGGLEBUNNIES! SNUGGLEBUNNIES! SNU---- ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/52 "2003-02-28T20:22:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Thomas Stearns \* > \*\*SNUGGLEBUNNIES! > SNUGGLEBUNNIES! > SNU---- \*\* Censorship! ---
**Author:** ![anewthought](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@anewthought](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anewthought)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/53 "2003-03-10T16:13:25Z")
Getting Frisky Humping ---
**Author:** ![Win2Kuser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Win2Kuser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win2Kuser)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/54 "2003-12-28T01:35:46Z")
Pushin’ dirt. Only applies if you’re up the wrong 'un 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/55 "2003-12-28T04:22:00Z")
I call it “being bitter because everyone else my age is having it and I’m not.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Samaritan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bad\_Samaritan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Samaritan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/56 "2003-12-28T05:12:29Z")
My wife gave me a look of disdain when I asked if I could “knock the bottom out of it” once ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/57 "2003-12-28T07:17:33Z")
Thanks to Futurama, I can now refer to the act as “playing pelvic pinochle.” ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/58 "2003-12-28T07:26:59Z")
My favorite phrase comes from an Onion article: “good old-fashioned frottage.” But I’ve always been a fan of the aforementined “horizontal mambo,” myself. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/59 "2003-12-28T07:30:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cmkeller \* > \*\*Thanks to Futurama, I can now refer to the act as “playing pelvic pinochle.” \*\* The wifey and I call it “Snu-snu”, another **Futurama** reference. ---
**Author:** ![VivaEuropa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@VivaEuropa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VivaEuropa)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockin-boots-poll-having-sex-so-what-do-you-call-it/157957/60 "2003-12-28T08:47:13Z")
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