sex number

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Etymology 1

From sex +‎ number, referring to the numeral 69 in reference to the eponymous sex position sixty-nine (“a sex position wherein two people simultaneously give each other oral sex”).

Noun

sex number

1. (chiefly Internet slang, often humorous) The number 69.
   • 2012 October 22, @me_irl, Twitter‎^[1]:

     for internationalization purposes you should use SEXNUMBER instead of integer literal 69. the sex number might not be 69 in every culture

   • 2016 June 9, Brian Feldman, “Why 69 Is the Internet's Coolest Number (Sex)”, in Intelligencer‎^[2], New York Magazine:

     The sex number is, among a large subset of social-media users, an incredibly important number (as is the weed number, 420). When you see the sex number, which is 69, it is your duty to comment "nice."

   • 2019 January 16, Stephen Witt, “Tekashi 69: The Rise and Fall of a Hip-Hop Supervillain”, in Rolling Stone‎^[3]:

     His rap handle was Tekashi69. The "Tekashi" part was inspired by Japanese anime, of which Danny was a big fan. Six-nine was more mysterious — it was the sex number, obviously, but in its interlocking yin-yang digits, Danny had found something deeper that he never fully explained.

   • 2022, G. M. Nair, The Mystery of the Murdered Guy, dS-dF, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Caller: Sure sure, but maybe just jot this down. Got a pen? My e-mail address is Stephzilla—all one word—69. Six. Nine. You know. Like the sex number?

Related terms

• furry number (621)
• weed number (420)

See also

• 42
• 80085

Etymology 2

Noun

sex number (plural sex numbers)

1. Synonym of body count (“the total number of sexual partners of a given individual”).