# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/61 "2003-09-15T07:01:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cherry \* > \*\*jiggy jiggy \*\* Oooooo … I like that one. That one is going to get some use 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/62 "2003-09-15T13:55:02Z")
I am actually a big fan of the phrase “enjoying the physical act of love.” USAGE: “So, Scrappy, where’d you get the black eye?” “Well, so-and-so and I were, shall we say, enjoying the physical act of love, when in walks her dad…” ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/63 "2003-09-15T16:15:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > **In the early stages of visiting fizzy, we would (most of the time) retire to her bedroom when we wished to engaged in the aforementioned activity. Hence “going upstairs” became synonymous with sex. “Playtime” was also used.** Heh. My college roommate and I both dated girls one year behind us in school. After we graduated, we both moved to the _Big City_ that was 40-50 miles away from the small-town college. The college, as a service to students, subsidized a bus service between the campus and the _Big City_. So, for us, we used “riding the bus” as a code phrase because every time we rode the bus to visit our girlfriends who were still at college … we got laid. ---
**Author:** ![sarclmbr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@sarclmbr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sarclmbr)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/64 "2003-09-15T18:43:02Z")
Mrs Sarclmbr and I use “Pouncing” and have since we started dating. . . . don’t remember exactly where we picked it up but it has served us well 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/65 "2003-09-15T20:09:29Z")
Courtesy of **Reinhold Aman** ’s book, Talking Dirty: to dance the blanket hornpipe; the buttock jig; the cushion dance; the married man’s cotillion; to dance to the tune of the shaking of the sheets; to dance with your arse to the kipples to go quim-sticking, rump-splitting, working the hairy oracle a bit of business, curly greens, androgynation, a bedward bit, a goose-and-duck, a shot at the bullseye to play at houghmagandie (my personal favourite) I could go on, but there are 12 pages. Terribly funny book, though. ---
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/66 "2003-09-15T20:11:56Z")
I’m surprised that none of our Dopers from across the pond have suggested “having a bit of slap and tickle” or however it is that the expression goes. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/67 "2003-09-15T20:13:33Z")
While I have always enjoyed “making a deposit at the bank,” my all-time favorite comes courtesy of Bobby Peru in _Wild at Heart_: “One-eyed Jack’s yearning to go peeping in the seafood store.” ---
**Author:** ![johncole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@johncole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johncole)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/68 "2003-09-16T05:48:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*One term I’ve seen (though the origin wasn’t provided) is “discussing Uganda”. Again, NFC where it came from. [Here you go](http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin_board/14/messages/625.html) ---
**Author:** ![johncole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@johncole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johncole)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/69 "2003-09-16T05:51:25Z")
Oops Sorry, didn’t read page 2 before replying **Duke** got there first. (and PE is still using it) ---
**Author:** ![greandog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@greandog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greandog)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/70 "2003-09-16T11:30:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \* > \*\*There’s a brit term I kinda like: rumpy-bumpy. \*\* rumpy-bumpy?! I am a brit and i’d have to say that i’ve never heard that used before! certainly the most common phrase in the UK is “shagging” - for sure. fancy a shag? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/71 "2003-09-16T17:05:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bullwinkle \* > \*\*Our duty to the Party \*\* Now THAT’S funny. Although I am sure the Lovely and Talented Mrs. **Shodan** would not get the 1984 reference. We refer to activity of an intimate nature as “quality time”. From when the children were younger, and when the door was locked, Mommy and Daddy were having “quality time”, and should not be disturbed unless someone was bleeding or on fire. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/72 "2003-09-16T18:08:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shodan \* > \*\* …unless someone was bleeding or on fire. > > \*\* That’s our usual outcome.😃 ---
**Author:** ![mtrahey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mtrahey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtrahey)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/73 "2003-09-16T20:38:53Z")
Zensters’ Aardvarking brings to mind something I got from the old alt.peeves news group. ‘Makin the sign of the eight-legged aardvark’. ---
**Author:** ![Klytus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Klytus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klytus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/74 "2003-09-17T12:26:22Z")
I can’t believe no one has mentioned “canoodling” yet. ---
**Author:** ![Pergau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@Pergau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pergau)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/75 "2003-09-17T12:33:40Z")
Dam woman didn’t I give you sweet lovin just five minutes ago? Chef said it and it’s written on my socks today. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/76 "2003-09-17T23:41:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sarclmbr \* > \*\*Mrs Sarclmbr and I use “Pouncing” and have since we started dating. . . . don’t remember exactly where we picked it up but it has served us well 😃 \*\* _Cabaret_, maybe? At one point Fritz is asking Sally’s advice on how to woo a virgin and she advises to just pounce. He does and Natalia slaps him silly. Natalia later is complaining to Sally, saying “I don’t know what got into him.” and Sally responds surprised, “My goodness. He pounced.” DD ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/77 "2003-09-18T03:29:47Z")
I like rumpy-bumpy, myself. (but who doesn’t…) Terms I have used: Playing Scrabble. When I would call my best friend in High School and he would answer the phone during the dirty deed, he would say, I’m playing scrabble, can I call you back? If you got a triple word score… well, you can just imagine. Rump-humpin’. Um… for the ‘back door’ variety. Cleaning the Beaker. For a BJ. This then turned into a Muppets reference and was never again the same. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/78 "2003-09-18T04:30:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\* My wife and I usually use the term ‘horking’. \*\* uh…??? Horking means vomiting. Some people also use it to mean eating very fast (horking back your food)… but the standard definition is that one horks up one’s lunch. Me? I like “having sex” or “fucking” myself. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/79 "2003-09-18T05:32:59Z")
What about “Wanna get lucky?” Although I’m not too sure just which of us is the lucky one… I’ve been known to refer to it this way too - “I was running on time this morning, but then Mr zoogirl got a bright idea and I hit work twenty minutes late! 😃 :D” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177/80 "2003-09-18T12:33:43Z")
\*\* FilmGeek: \*\* Why in the world would your friend answer the phone during sex? Maybe it’s just me, but, if I’m enjoying the physical act of love, everything else can wait. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-term-for-doin-it/201177.md?page=5)