swing both ways

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Verb

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?"

Translations

bisexual

• French: être à voile et à vapeur (fr)
• German: auf beiden Ufern stehen
• Spanish: batear a ambos lados