History Main / SexualEuphemism

These euphemisms can be part of a character's humor or their schtick, and depending on the specific euphemism, it could [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establish their character]] as a lewd pervert, someone who's comfortable with their sexuality, or someone who has enough wit to talk about these things in polite society.

* Used in ''VideoGame/Grandia1'' to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Get Crap Past The Radar]]. For example, when a woman, whose sister has been kidnapped by pirates, worries that they might be "making her do this and that".

* The student council in ''Anime/MaiHime'' briefly discusses a curfew-breaking female student who may have been doing "this or that" with a boy in one episode; one of the council members is apparently unfamiliar with the usage and takes a while to piece together just what the others are talking about.
* In ''Anime/MaiOtome'', a schoolgirl envisioning the lascivious things an older girl could order a classmate to do squeals about "this or that".

* Towards the end of ''Manga/ZetsuenNoTempest'', Yoshino off-handedly mentions he did this and that with Aika, which prompts [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Mahiro]] to demand an explanation. However we never really find out if Yoshino actually did make love to Aika, or if he was just saying that to get a rise out of Mahiro.

->''There was a young woman named Pat,\\
Who offered to do "this or that".\\
When speaking of "this",\\
She meant more than a kiss,\\
So imagine her meaning of "that"!''

This is a supertrope to GetTheeToANunnery, which is when the sexual euphemism is no longer understood as such, though it ''used to be''. This may overlap with IntercourseWithYou, which is a song about sex with or without euphemisms; GettingCrapPastTheRadar, when euphemisms are used to include otherwise inappropriate talk; and DoubleEntendre, when an innocent phrase has a double meaning related to sex. Also see TheBodyPartsThatMustNotBeNamed, when someone uses euphemisms for the sex organs. This is a sister trope to UnusualEuphemism, which is when a character makes up a euphemism for sex because they're made uncomfortable by the subject. Contrast IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow for when something is ''not'' intended as a euphemism for sex but a character interprets it as one, which overlaps with this, when a term turns into this.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'', Jeremie [[AccidentalInnuendo unintentionally]] makes an innuendo when suggesting he would give [[LoveInterest Aelita]] his [[IsthatWhatTheyAreCallingItNow croissant]]. Although Jeremie meant it literally, it gets [[CallBack called back]] to later in the episode when Odd is arguing with his girlfriend, and Ulrich suggests that Odd give her his croissant.

* PlayedForDrama in ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza 0}}''. One sidequest requires you to rescue a girl from a {{cult}} that requires constant large donations of money. The girl you are rescuing was unable to gain that money, so the cult's leader demands that she atones for her sins by performing "special Shooreh Pippi" with him (Shooreh Pippi being the cult's term for prayers). Given the details given about this "special Shooreh Pippi" (it's only available to women, and she and the leader "become one"), it's pretty clear what that entails.

* ''LightNovel/TheTestamentOfSisterNewDevil'': One of the major plot points of the series is that of the Master-Servant Pact, a magical contract between two (or more) people that makes one bound to obey and serve the other. Violating the pact, or even ''thinking'' about violating it, causes the spell to activate and punish the servant. The nature of the punishment can vary, but almost all versions are shown in this series cause the servant to go into overpowering sexual desire. Thus, the protagonists always use the term "relief" to mean sexual contact (though not specifically intercourse).

* Part of a RunningGag in ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'' is that Joe [[IdiotBall never catches on]] to Rita's euphemism.
* ''Film/DemolitionMan''. While talking with Officer Huxley about sex, John Spartan calls it "boning", the "wild mambo" and the "hunka chunka".
* ''Film/TheMask''. When the Mask meets Tina Carlyle in the park, he tries to seduce her by saying (in an outrageous French accent) "I will spread your pate" and "I will dip my ladle in your vichyssoise".

* ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'': Bender grosses out Claire by describing "a game of hide the salami" and suggesting she wants "the hot beef injection".

* In ''Fanfic/BitterRepercussions'', Fireheart gets embarrassed when Bluestar mentions it took long enough for Sandstorm to get pregnant. He questions whether Bluestar's suggesting Sandstorm should have been doing "this and that" for months.

* In the ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' manga, Lucia is giving one of several love confessions gone wrong, and Kaito jokes about "this and that", causing Lucia to yell at him while he laughs it off. It's a major turning point in the relationship, where Lucia is able to finally blink, look at him and start laughing too, where before she'd continue to take Kaito's perverted jokes personally.

* Used in the second ''Manga/OnePiece'' movie, where the mooks that are about to kidnap Nami so the BigBad can forcibly marry her say out loud that they hope they'll be able to watch their boss do "this" and "that" to her. The horrified looks on the crew's faces when they hear them are priceless.

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Who offered to do "this or that."\\
When speaking of "this,"\\

So imagine her meaning of "that!"''

Some common euphemisms for sex include: one thing, this and that, making love, the nasty, doing the do, getting lucky, getting laid, doing the horizontal tango, dancing, [[VideoGame/TheSims woohooing]], [[Series/TheNewlywedGame making whoopee]], and [[https://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/2014/12/400-euphemisms-for-sexual-intercourse/ literally hundreds more.]] Some common euphemisms for other sexual activities include: choking the chicken, crying bald man, beating the meat, strangling the cyclops, menage a moi, and countless others.

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* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''
** A slightly different example was Jerry and Elaine talking about their relationship, making references to "this," with a forward-and-backward hand motion, implying a conversational, friendly relationship, and "that," with a hand motion towards Jerry's bedroom, implying a sexual relationship. Elaine decides at the end that she wants, "this," "that," and "the other" (love).
** Then there's "yada yada yada," which George's girlfriend uses to cover up all manner of things when telling stories, which it turns out includes sex.

-->'''Willow:''' What does it mean when a girl wants to... You know.\\

* In ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', Agent Ward confesses to Agent Coulson that he 'did that' with Agent May. Coulson, who knew this already, [[DeadpanSnarker states matter-of-factly]], that she preferred to simply call it sex.

* ''Series/TheDatingGame'' popularized "making whoopee".

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* In ''Webcomic/ParanormalMysterySquad'' Stephanie [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170225193055/http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net:80/strips-vc/it_just_happened asked]] Katie whether she "double-clicked her mouse", with everyone snickering.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'', Brian accuses his sister and business partner of wanting to go to a fancy dress gala so she can find men [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/11032010/ "to play horsey with"]]

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', when Roy is telling Miko YouNeedToGetLaid, he calls it "Treasure Type O", a play on the old ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' treasure tables, with "O" in this case presumably standing for orgasm.

** Elsewhere in the series, it's CovertPervert Hanon's favourite saying when she wants to tease Lucia about her relationship.

* A ''lot'' of "this" and a ''lot'' of "that" are exactly what Aizen Teppa from ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}'' tries to get. He's apparently quite successful too (Episodes 11 and 12 show that he's quite popular among the ladies of the town)...except when it comes to his good friend, [[MsFanservice Rushuna]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'' is all about this. [[ArcWords In a boring world where the concept of dirty jokes doesn't exist]], this trope applies to this dystopic version of Japan when people has to talk about sex but they can't, first because most of society has been controlled by the govenment so if they say censored words or actions is [[DisproportionateRetribution equal to going to jail]], as well teenagers and young people are ignorant of sexual education, so everyone talks about sex in euphemisms.
* ''LightNovel/TheTestamentOfSisterNewDevil'': One of the major plot points of the series is that of the Master-Servant Pact, a magical contract between two (or more) people that makes one bound to obey and serve the other. Violating the pact, or even ''thinking'' about violating it, causes the spell to activate and punish the servant. The nature of the punishment can vary, but almost all versions shown in this series cause the servant to go into overpowering sexual desire. Thus, the protagonists always use the term "relief" to mean sexual contact (though not specifically intercourse).

-->'''Narration''': Draco and Ebony removed skin from an onion. After that, they put Draco`s noodles into Ebony`s bowl, and Draco then planted some seeds into Ebony`s pot, and then they laid on their bed for the rest the night. They were very tired from all that hard work.

* ''Film/WeirdScience'': Chet irritates Lisa by telling her he wants to "butter her mufffin".

* In ''Literature/PatienceAndSarah'', the two leads either don't know any words for sex or choose to use euphemisms due to the 1810s settling. They refer to it with terms such as "melting" and "Heaven".

** A slightly different example were Jerry and Elaine talk about their relationship, making references to "this," with a forward-and-backward hand motion, implying a conversational, friendly relationship, and "that," with a hand motion towards Jerry's bedroom, implying a sexual relationship. Elaine decides at the end that she wants, "this," "that," and "the other" (love).

** The Mayor wants Faith to move out of the NoTellMotel she's staying in, because there are 'immoral liaisons' going on there. Being BookDumb Faith replies, "Yeah, plus all the screwing."

* ''Series/YesMinister'': In "Party Games", Hacker hears about a sexual scandal involving one of his cabinet colleagues, and remarks "To look at him, you wouldn't think he had the time for all this..." before trying to find a suitable euphemism. Sir Humphrey suggests "horizontal jogging".

* "Ball of Kirriemuir" uses this a couple times [[SophisticatedAsHell while otherwise using extremely graphic language.]]

* The musical ''Theatre/AChorusLine'' features a song titled [[RefrainFromAssuming "Dance: Ten, Looks: Three" but more commonly known as "Tits and Ass"]]. Frequently, high school performing-arts programs decide they want to perform this musical, and are forced to change the lyrics to placate the [[MoralGuardians parents' groups]]. What do they usually change the lyrics to, so as to best match the rhythm and sound of the original words? "This and That." (Which, considering what that's taken to mean, implies that the {{Bowdlerize}}d lyrics got even ''racier.'')

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Pibgorn}}'', Pibgorn is explaining to a fellow fairy that she is friends with a succubus. When asked what a succubus does, she replies "Oh, this and that, this and that."
* In ''Webcomic/ParanormalMysterySquad'' Stephanie [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170225193055/http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net:80/strips-vc/it_just_happened asked]] Katie whether she "double clicked her mouse", with everyone snickering.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'', Brian accuses his sister and business partner of wanting to go to a fancy dress gala so she could find men [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/11032010/ "to play horsey with"]]
** In the [[CelestialBureaucracy Department of Minor Nuisances]] the official term for such things is [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/01102013/ "Mutual Experience"]].
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* The HGame of ''VisualNovel/DaCapo'' has summaries of the individual scenes in the game. For the H scenes, the summary is sometimes pretty straightforward -- "We had sex" -- but other times it's rather more coy, "We did this and that".

** The game has no issues with saying "Fuck", but there's a character in Megaton who's job is to "comfort" her customers." She doesn't call herself a hooker, callgirl, or any other term.. She doesn't say that her job is having sex with the bar's customers, but that's exactly what she does.

* In the 1970s in the UK, a female journalist who had been in a bedroom with a former Ugandan cabinet minister during a dinner party claimed they had been "discussing Uganda". The satirical magazine ''Magazine/PrivateEye'' used "discussing Uganda" or "Ugandan relations" as this for years afterwards.

* In ''Webcomic/ParanormalMysterySquad'' Stephanie [[hhttps://web.archive.org/web/20170225193055/http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net:80/strips-vc/it_just_happened asked]] Katie whether she "double clicked her mouse", with everyone snickering.

-->'''Howard''': Agent Carter, if we're not in too much of a hurry I thought we could stop off in Lucerne for a late night fondue.
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-->'''Howard''': It's just cheese and bread, my friend.