# Sports euphemisms for sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-euphemisms-for-sex/544462 "2010-06-25T07:44:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-euphemisms-for-sex/544462/21 "2010-06-26T23:29:31Z")
All the hockey terms so far and nobody’s mentioned going five-hole. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-euphemisms-for-sex/544462/22 "2010-06-27T01:29:30Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > My wife put me in the penalty box for trying to score in the wrong goal. Could be worse. You could have scored an own goal. That’s what they say about playing Contract Bridge, after all: to succeed, you either need a good partner or a very good hand. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-euphemisms-for-sex/544462/23 "2010-06-27T01:34:24Z")
Is a “minor” a major (penalty)? ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-euphemisms-for-sex/544462/24 "2010-06-27T02:09:15Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Is a “minor” a major (penalty)? I thought the euphemism for that was: the grass didn’t grow on the field yet. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-euphemisms-for-sex/544462/25 "2010-06-28T16:00:05Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Power plays and goalie pulls? That’s nothing. You should see me when I pull off a hat trick. I thought only women are equipped to perform a hat trick. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-euphemisms-for-sex/544462/26 "2010-06-28T16:28:40Z")
Golf: “It’s in the hole!” ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-euphemisms-for-sex/544462/27 "2010-06-28T17:41:36Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Golf: “It’s in the hole!” And as you’re about to finish, “FORE!!!” ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-euphemisms-for-sex/544462/28 "2010-06-28T19:56:37Z")
“Twelve men on the field” ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-euphemisms-for-sex/544462/29 "2010-06-29T02:37:46Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I thought the euphemism for that was: the grass didn’t grow on the field yet. If there is no grass on the field, play in the mud. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-euphemisms-for-sex/544462/30 "2010-06-29T02:43:07Z")
Some college friends of mine “ran the option”. They were set up for a double date, discovered about an hour into the night that one of them had much better chemistry with the other’s date, so one them called an audible and pitched the ball to the running back (i.e. they decided to switch dates). TOUCHDOWN! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-euphemisms-for-sex/544462.md?page=1)