# "Tap that ass" meaning **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445 "2017-01-06T08:02:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Calavera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calavera/32/70_2.png) [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/1 "2017-01-06T08:02:05Z")
I’ve been watching _Crazy Ex Girlfriend_ and one of the quirks of the show is that the main character perceives a lot of conversations as song and dance numbers like she’s living in a musical. In one, 2 of her ex boyfriends sing about how they “tapped that ass all over this house.” Does that expression always mean anal or is it a hyperbolic term that encompasses normal sexual activity? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/2 "2017-01-06T08:08:49Z")
> [@Calavera](#): > > I’ve been watching _Crazy Ex Girlfriend_ and one of the quirks of the show is that the main character perceives a lot of conversations as song and dance numbers like she’s living in a musical. In one, 2 of her ex boyfriends sing about how they “tapped that ass all over this house.” Does that expression always mean anal or is it a hyperbolic term that encompasses normal sexual activity? I’ve never known it to specifically mean anal. It just means someone you desire carnally. Or maybe I’ve been interpreting (and saying) it wrong all these years… ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/3 "2017-01-06T08:16:29Z")
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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/4 "2017-01-06T08:17:55Z")
It doesn’t have anything to do with anal sex specifically. It just means you want to screw them in general (not with the simple machine though). It is similar to the saying “a real piece of ass” that isn’t very PC but has been around for a very long time. It doesn’t have much to do with portions of the glutious maximus. It just means that someone is hot (which likewise has nothing to do with a fever). It is just slang. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/5 "2017-01-06T11:20:42Z")
IME, it means sex in general. Like “rumpy pumpy”… ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/6 "2017-01-06T11:24:12Z")
When two people love each other very much, they do a special Mommy Daddy hug that only Mommies and Daddies do… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/7 "2017-01-06T11:42:56Z")
> [@Calavera](#): > > Does that expression always mean anal or is it a hyperbolic term that encompasses normal sexual activity? Define “normal”. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/8 "2017-01-06T11:52:52Z")
A term of general hotness. No different than saying “I’d hit that” - no, you don’t physically punch the person\* \*even if you’re Jian Gomeshi, that pervy Canadian radio host who was fired in disgrace for punching non-consenting women. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/9 "2017-01-06T11:55:26Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Define “normal”. “The usual, average, or typical state or condition”; normal sex would some type of penetration of a vagina with a penis. Like the “people want to be offended” thread, people get upset over the word “normal.” Just because something isn’t normal doesn’t mean it’s bad! Too many people take it to mean that, though. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/10 "2017-01-06T14:54:44Z")
I prefer the definition of “normal” as “perpendicular to, orthogonal, measured along an entirely different dimension”. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/11 "2017-01-06T15:21:03Z")
If you look at the definition of the word Tap, I could humorously see why it became a euphemism for sex. 🙂 Tap NOUN a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled. synonyms: faucet · valve · stopcock · cock · spout · spigot · spile an instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material. VERB draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, **or other container** ): synonyms: drain · bleed · milk · broach · open cut a thread in (something) **to accept a screw**. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/12 "2017-01-06T16:42:13Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’ve never known it to specifically mean anal. It just means someone you desire carnally. Or maybe I’ve been interpreting (and saying) it wrong all these years… Actually, my answer pertains more to the expression “I’d like to tap that ass” or “I’d tap that ass” rather than specifically the “tap that ass” part. The phrase “I tapped that ass,” as I’ve always understood it, simply means “yeah, I engaged in sexual shenanigans with that person.” No specific implications of anal. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/13 "2017-01-06T16:43:22Z")
Once again, this board’s posting software really needs a speed-button for “[relevant xkcd](https://xkcd.com/398/)” [Do you think Google search is good enough yet to just find the right xkcd and post it automatically to every thread?] ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/14 "2017-01-06T16:53:10Z")
99% sure it comes from tapping a beer keg. You insert the tap (a long, cylindrical shaft) and then pump until either you or the keg is exhausted and/or satisfied. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/15 "2017-01-06T17:06:01Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Define “normal”. What two consenting adults, a midget, pony, 2 gallons of peanut butter, wooden spoons, a hundred foot roll of Tyvex and a bouncy house do are none of your business! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/16 "2017-01-06T17:14:37Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > “The usual, average, or typical state or condition”; normal sex would some type of penetration of a vagina with a penis. > > Like the “people want to be offended” thread, people get upset over the word “normal.” Just because something isn’t normal doesn’t mean it’s bad! Too many people take it to mean that, though. I don’t think anyone was upset. I read **Kayaker’s** comment as simply pointing out that anal sex is perfectly normal too. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/17 "2017-01-06T17:16:16Z")
Normal is a setting on a washing machine. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/18 "2017-01-09T17:33:05Z")
Usually right next to the “Delicates” button. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/19 "2017-01-09T17:43:37Z")
Not specifically referring to anal any more than complimenting a woman by calling her a piece of ass refers to anal sex either. Is this about the Arianna Grande thing? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/20 "2017-01-09T17:50:37Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Not specifically referring to anal any more than complimenting a woman by calling her a piece of ass refers to anal sex either. > > Is this about the Arianna Grande thing? I don’t know what the Arianna Grande thing is, but the OP was promoted by a song in the show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445.md?page=2)