horizontal jogging

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhɒ.ɹɪˈzɒn.təl ˈdʒɒɡ.ɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌhɔː.ɹəˈzɑːn.təl ˈdʒɑ.ɡɪŋ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

horizontal jogging (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
   • 1981, Punch, volume 281, page 506:

     Sex in those days was regarded not so much as a playful sport, horizontal jogging it might be, as an unspeakable obsession needing pseudo-new assistance, the sin that dare not speak its name except in obscure, allusive, Latinate verbiage.

   • 1984 December 17, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Party Games”, in Yes, Minister, season 3, episode 8, spoken by Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):

     Yes, I understand that the current expression is horizontal jogging, Minister.

   • 1994, Michael Scott Rohan, The Gates of Noon,, Avon Books, page 32:

     His sports were team games like football and basketball, not to mention horizontal jogging.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:copulation

Related terms

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