# What's the best term for doin' it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177 "2003-09-12T11:53:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/41 "2003-09-13T16:20:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by betenoir \* > \*\*I really don’t see what’s wrong with “fucking”. \*\* I like fucking! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/42 "2003-09-13T16:31:03Z")
Shagging ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/43 "2003-09-13T19:16:39Z")
**Movin’ the Hamper.** At least, that’s what we call it, since we have to move the hamper to block the door (which doesn’t latch) to prevent the cats from coming in and nestling down on the bed (as is their habit). Beasts with four legs and the beast with two backs don’t mix (though, uh, YMMV). ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/44 "2003-09-13T20:09:28Z")
Rogering or Porking or Getting your rocks off ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/45 "2003-09-13T20:11:02Z")
Hey another one, Olde Englishe terminology SWIVING…honestly, look it up ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/46 "2003-09-13T20:42:02Z")
I’m fond of an archaic term, though I don’t use it much: dippin’ the wick. From candle making, y’know, where the wick is thrust repeatedly into a pool of molten tallow until it swells and grows large enough … ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/47 "2003-09-13T20:59:12Z")
makin’ bacon makin’ whoopie ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/48 "2003-09-13T21:24:15Z")
I suppose it depends on what you are using the term for. I like “bouncy bouncy bouncy squirt” myself. But its a little cute. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/49 "2003-09-13T23:22:54Z")
I haven’t seen anyone mention “scromping” yet. Great word. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/50 "2003-09-14T02:03:43Z")
There’s a brit term I kinda like: rumpy-bumpy. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/51 "2003-09-14T04:32:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*One term I’ve seen (though the origin wasn’t provided) is “discussing Uganda”. Again, NFC where it came from.[/sub] \*\* Ooooh, I know! The full term is “discussing Ugandan relations.” It stemmed from an incident in the '60’s when a Ugandan foriegn attache was caught in a compromising position with his mistress in, of all places, a bathroom at Heathrow airport. The fine British satirical magazine _Private Eye_ found the affair amusing, and, for several months afterwards, referred to any such sorts of activities as “discussing Ugandan relations.” For the record, my preferred term is “we got (or were) busy,” as in the line from Digital Underground’s masterwork “The Humpty Dance”: “I once got busy in a f\*\*kin’ bathroom.” Hey, maybe DU got their inspiration from the same incident! ---
**Author:** ![Palewriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@Palewriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palewriter)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/52 "2003-09-14T05:19:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*Hey another one, Olde Englishe terminology > > SWIVING…honestly, look it up \*\* Not Old English; more late Middle. In any case, fucking, boinking, rogering, tuning the old banjo, hiding the sausage, whatever. Interesting thread. - PW ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/53 "2003-09-14T07:32:05Z")
PALEWRITER: Well middle ages is kinda old innit? …and what about Goosing,Having it away,Greasing the pole…oh I could go on but I’m gonna have a shag in a minute, I’ll be back in 90 secs, I’m a stayer y’know 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/54 "2003-09-14T07:48:03Z")
You know National Lampoon is written from a male perspective when they come up with “drivin’ the ol’ skin bus into Tuna Town” but I’ll go with plain “copulating” on this one. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/55 "2003-09-14T10:33:22Z")
Copulate With Extreme Prejudice Twist the Sheets Tickle the Ivories Mate Breeding Dry Run Workout Ooh, oh, uhhh, yeah! On a seperate note, I’ve heard old guys, after downing a shot of whiskey, say “something for my wife’s kidneys”… ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/56 "2003-09-14T11:26:17Z")
floggin’ the dolphin choken’ the chicken I guess you can tell I am single. ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/57 "2003-09-14T15:15:21Z")
copulation ---
**Author:** ![pencilpusher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pencilpusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pencilpusher)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/58 "2003-09-14T16:09:04Z")
monkey bizness 😃 **ccwaterback** Stop floggin that dolphin!! (unless it’s concentual 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/59 "2003-09-14T17:53:32Z")
jiggy jiggy ---
**Author:** ![that.sound.again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e5b9ba/32.png) [@that.sound.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that.sound.again)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/60 "2003-09-14T22:48:51Z")
Me and an ex-gf once listened to a radio show with some woman preaching abstinence until marriage. According to her, the trick for young lovers wanting to stay virgins was keeping your mind off sex and making out by finding other activities that both enjoyed. The one example she gave was **‘going to the library’**. We **went to the library** a lot after that… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177.md?page=4)