swing both ways

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swing both ways (third-person singular simple present swings both ways, present participle swinging both ways, simple past and past participle swung both ways)

  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To be bisexual.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:be bisexual
    • 2014 February 10, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Feb 10, 2014:
      Tedd: "Oh... does she, um... 'swing both ways'?"

      Elliot: "Swing? What swing?"

      Tedd: "No no, does she like apples... and oranges?"

      Elliot: "I don't know her fruit preferences."

      Tedd: "Bisexual. Is she bisexual."

      Elliot: "Oh! I dunno. Maybe?"

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