# Origin of "I'd hit that" **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 21, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-id-hit-that/385069 "2006-12-21T15:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**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 21, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-id-hit-that/385069/1 "2006-12-21T15:20:52Z")
Over the last 2-3 years, I think, this phrase meaning “I imagine sex with that person would be an extremely pleasant experience” seems to have become commonplace. Anyone know where it originated? ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-id-hit-that/385069/2 "2006-12-21T15:25:37Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Over the last 2-3 years, I think, this phrase meaning “I imagine sex with that person would be an extremely pleasant experience” seems to have become commonplace. Anyone know where it originated? [/QUOTE] It’s older than that, and it doesn’t mean you imagine it, it means you would have sex with them, given the opportunity. It’s just like saying “I’d do her,” “I’d screw him,” "I wouldn’t mind… well, you get the idea. No idea of the origin, but it’s been around for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-id-hit-that/385069/3 "2006-12-21T15:35:57Z")
I’ve never heard “I’d hit that,” but if I did I think I would understand it. I’m 45 years old, so I don’t typically get exposed to the latest street lingo. On the other hand, I’ve found “I’d do her,” as a response to my wife asking “do you think she’s pretty?” results in getting asked that less often. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-id-hit-that/385069/4 "2006-12-21T15:43:38Z")
It’s very, very common on Fark, but I don’t know if that’s where it originated ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-id-hit-that/385069/5 "2006-12-21T15:47:43Z")
Didn’t McDonald’s briefly use it in a campaign? The subsequent giggles and snorts from Da Yoots on the internet was what first alerted me to the phrase in popular culture. So it must have existed before the McDonald’s ads. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-id-hit-that/385069/6 "2006-12-21T15:48:39Z")
More of a WAG, but “hit” is used in a lot of slang, specifically things that I think might be related are “to hit on [someone]”, or “to hit [drugs/cigarettes]”. My guess is it evolved from one of these two. As in, I could see someone saying “What do you think of that?” “Man, I’d like to hit on that!” implying that he’d hit on her just to get laid. I’d then imagine the “on” just got dropped. Or, other directly related phrases are “I’d tap that”, “I’d bang her”, “I’d boink her”, etc. all of these words are very close to “hit”, so it could just be a natural progression to use a word that’s related in other senses to have the same meaning in this one. Of course, I have no idea which set came first. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-id-hit-that/385069/7 "2006-12-21T15:59:28Z")
It goes back to at least 1995 on USENET news groups… I have a feeling it’s a hip-hop phrase that spread amongst the youts. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-id-hit-that/385069/8 "2006-12-21T20:20:05Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Didn’t McDonald’s briefly use it in a campaign? The subsequent giggles and snorts from Da Yoots on the internet was what first alerted me to the phrase in popular culture. So it must have existed before the McDonald’s ads. [/QUOTE] Yes. I believe that there were banner ads on some websites, in which young people enthusiastically used hip slang to indicate that, for such an affordable price, they would gladly have sexual intercourse with a cheeseburger. Hilarity ensued, the ads were pulled fairly quickly pulled, and I assume that the McDonalds brass reevaluated their marketing strategy. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-id-hit-that/385069/9 "2006-12-21T21:28:49Z")
[QUOTE=NinjaChick] Yes. I believe that there were banner ads on some websites, in which young people enthusiastically used hip slang to indicate that, for such an affordable price, they would gladly have sexual intercourse with a cheeseburger. Hilarity ensued, the ads were pulled fairly quickly pulled, and I assume that the McDonalds brass reevaluated their marketing strategy. [/QUOTE] LOL, here a Wikipedia article that includes that banner: > **[McDonald's advertising](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_lovin'_it)** > > McDonald's maintains an extensive advertising campaign. In addition to the usual media such as television, radio and newspaper ads, the company makes significant use of billboards and signage, and sponsors sporting events ranging from Little League to the FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games. The company also makes coolers of orange drink with their logo available for local events of all kinds. However, television ads remain the primary form of advertisement. McDonald's has used many different slog... ---
**Author:** ![NJ\_Kef\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NJ\_Kef\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NJ_Kef_1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-id-hit-that/385069/10 "2006-12-22T01:23:24Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Over the last 2-3 years, I think, this phrase meaning “I imagine sex with that person would be an extremely pleasant experience” seems to have become commonplace. Anyone know where it originated? [/QUOTE] It was used in the ‘sixties when I was in my teens and I would wager it goes back many more decades to urban black slang. It did not show up in song lyrics or TV shows as salacious talk was not something one used in mixed company, but the expression was certainly around.