# "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:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/21 "2017-01-10T02:58:29Z")
It just means that ass is turned sideways and can’t be used again until the next untap phase. ---
**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 10, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/22 "2017-01-10T03:57:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I don’t know what the Arianna Grande thing is, but the OP was promoted by a song in the show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. [Here’s a page with some detail on that](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/12/28/ariana-grande-speaks-out-about-objectification-after-insulting-fan-encounter/95910524/). I didn’t pay much attention to it when it was on the net a week or so ago, and I see that “tapping her ass” wasn’t the language actually used. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/23 "2017-01-10T07:02:02Z")
I’d tap that ass for two blue mana. ---
**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 10, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/24 "2017-01-10T14:11:22Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > [Here’s a page with some detail on that](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/12/28/ariana-grande-speaks-out-about-objectification-after-insulting-fan-encounter/95910524/). I didn’t pay much attention to it when it was on the net a week or so ago, and I see that “tapping her ass” wasn’t the language actually used. Ah, that’s the expression “hitting it,” which apparently [McDonald’s perhaps didn’t fully understand a few years back.](http://www.businesspundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Idhitit.jpg) I remember seeing those ads first pop up and wonder to myself, is it just me, or does that ad look like it could be interpreted in a way that connotes carnal desire with a hamburger? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/25 "2017-01-10T16:45:01Z")
I remember being quite confused about the “ass” thing when I was a young teenager. Why use a term that refers to the posterior presentation as a euphemism for the sex parts? Surely all these people referring to “piece of ass” or “get some ass” etc weren’t all talking about anal sex?? OK, girls’ anatomy is such that you can get to her sexual parts from behind, doing it doggie style, but surely all these people aren’t referencing doggie style?!? Well, some people find that part of the body visually attractive in and of itself, quite aside from the orifice or angle from which they contemplate doing a penile insertion, but surely they can’t all find the rear view more erotically interesting than the anterior view down there?? ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/26 "2017-01-10T17:05:41Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I remember being quite confused about the “ass” thing when I was a young teenager. Why use a term that refers to the posterior presentation as a euphemism for the sex parts? Surely all these people referring to “piece of ass” or “get some ass” etc weren’t all talking about anal sex?? OK, girls’ anatomy is such that you can get to her sexual parts from behind, doing it doggie style, but surely all these people aren’t referencing doggie style?!? Well, some people find that part of the body visually attractive in and of itself, quite aside from the orifice or angle from which they contemplate doing a penile insertion, but surely they can’t all find the rear view more erotically interesting than the anterior view down there?? I always interpreted it as indicative on The Chase. The back of her body, especially the ass, is what the pursuer has in his sights. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/27 "2017-01-10T19:09:06Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > I always interpreted it as indicative on The Chase. The back of her body, especially the ass, is what the pursuer has in his sights. I figured it was because you can always admire a girls ass even if she is covered so you focus more on it. ---
**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 10, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/28 "2017-01-10T19:44:32Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I figured it was because you can always admire a girls ass even if she is covered so you focus more on it. Yeah, you get a good view, she doesn’t know your staring at it, and if she’s got a good one she’s probably showing it off. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/29 "2017-01-10T20:28:47Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Ah, that’s the expression “hitting it,” which apparently [McDonald’s perhaps didn’t fully understand a few years back.](http://www.businesspundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Idhitit.jpg) I remember seeing those ads first pop up and wonder to myself, is it just me, or does that ad look like it could be interpreted in a way that connotes carnal desire with a hamburger? No weirder than Jason Biggs fucking a pie. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/30 "2017-01-10T21:17:45Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > …she doesn’t know your staring at it This is what I finally decided was the core truth of the matter. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/31 "2017-01-12T01:18:06Z")
I always thought the genesis was doing it doggy style (not anal) and lightly spanking her ass. But the keg tap makes much more sense. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/32 "2017-01-12T04:43:58Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Usually right next to the “Delicates” button. I usually go for the “extra dirty” cycle. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/33 "2017-01-12T11:01:59Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I don’t know what the Arianna Grande thing is, but the OP was promoted by a song in the show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. > [@TriPolar](#): > > [Here’s a page with some detail on that](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/12/28/ariana-grande-speaks-out-about-objectification-after-insulting-fan-encounter/95910524/). I didn’t pay much attention to it when it was on the net a week or so ago, and I see that “tapping her ass” wasn’t the language actually used. I hadn’t heard about the Ariana Grande thing from last week, and that USA Today paywall is pretty hardcore. I’m assuming it’s this story: [Ariana Grande: ‘Sexuality in Art Not Invitation for Disrespect’](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ariana-grande-sexuality-in-art-not-invitation-for-disrespect-w458151) ---
**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 12, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445/34 "2017-01-12T12:03:01Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I hadn’t heard about the Ariana Grande thing from last week, and that USA Today paywall is pretty hardcore. I’m assuming it’s this story: > > [Ariana Grande: ‘Sexuality in Art Not Invitation for Disrespect’](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ariana-grande-sexuality-in-art-not-invitation-for-disrespect-w458151) Yes, that’s it. I don’t pay to look at the USA Today site and I’m shocked that anyone does. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap-that-ass-meaning/776445.md?page=1)