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31 Adorable Slang Terms for Sexual Intercourse from the Last 600 Years

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31 Adorable Slang Terms for Sexual Intercourse from the Last 600 Years

Lexicographer Jonathon Green’s comprehensive historical dictionary of slang, Green’s Dictionary of Slang, covers hundreds of years of jargon, cant, and naughty talk. He has created a series of online timelines (here and here) where the words too impolite, indecent, or risqué for the usual history books are arranged in the order they came into fashion. (If you don’t see any words on the timelines, zoom out using the bar on the right.) We’ve already had fun with the classiest terms for naughty bits. Here are the most adorable terms for sexual intercourse from the last 600 or so years. Many of them have origins so obscure they hardly make sense at all, but that doesn’t detract from their bawdy adorability in the slightest. When it comes to the ol’ houghmagandy, a little mystery goes a long way.

1. Give someone a green gown (1351)

2. Play nug-a-nug (1505)

3. Play the pyrdewy (1512)

4. Play at couch quail (1521)

5. Ride below the crupper (1578)

6. Board a land carrack (1604)

7. Fadoodling (1611)

8. Put the devil into hell (1616)

9. Night physic (1621)

10. Princum-prancum (1630)

11. Culbatizing exercise (1653)

12. Join paunches (1656)

13. Dance the Paphian jig (1656)

14. Play at tray trip of a die (1660)

15. Dance Barnaby (1664)

16. Shot twixt wind and water (1665)

17. Play at rantum-scantum (1667)

18. Blow off the groundsills (1674)

19. Play hey gammer cook (1674)

20. Join giblets (1680)

21. Play at rumpscuttle and clapperdepouch (1684)

22. Lerricompoop (1694)

23. Ride a dragon upon St. George (1698)

24. Houghmagandy (1700)

25. Pogue the hone (1719)

26. Make feet for children’s stockings (1785)

27. Dance the kipples (1796)

28. Have one’s corn ground (1800)

29. Horizontal refreshment (1863)

30. Arrive at the end of the sentimental journey (1896)

31. Get one’s ashes hauled (1910)

http://mentalfloss.com/article/57872/31-adorable-slang-terms-sexual-intercourse-last-600-years

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No.5 refers to a piece of tack that is used to hold a horse's saddle in place; it is fastened around the horse's ass. A carrack (#16) was a late medieval ship that rocked a lot on the waves. Paphos (#13) was the Greek city dedicated to the worship of Aphrodite, the goddess of sexual love. Houghmagandy (#24) certainly sounds Scottish. I suspect that #3 and maybe #21 and 22 are attempts at phonetic English transcriptions of French terms. St. George slaying the dragon is a standard icon for Britain, but I don't understand the meaning of #23.

And, no, I didn't look up any of this.

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Mr. Average-

I don't for a minute believe you do ANY of those things. Your average day might be astounding clients, having a gourmet meal, enjoying some gourmet wine and then, with your dinner companion, enjoying a night of sheer joy under the sheets. Do I have it right? ^_^

Best regards,

RA1

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