History Main / SexualEuphemism

* in ''Literature/ToShapeADragonsBreath'' after whalers come home from months away at sea, the children are encouraged the day after the return celebration to keep themselves occupied elsewhere until sunset, so their wives can welcome the whalers home in their own way. This is said matter-of-factly, as sex is not considered a big deal.

* In ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', Sorata assumes Jin and Misaki must be doing this when he, Mashiro, and Nanami arrive back at Sakura Hall at the end of episode 14. [[spoiler: Turns out they aren't, and a distraught Misaki greets them by the front door, wearing only a towel.]]

* ''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 have to talk about sex but they can't, first because most of society has been controlled by the government so if they say censored words or actions is [[DisproportionateRetribution equal to going to jail]], as well as 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, due to the contract being created by a succubus, 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).

* Website/YouTube personality Creator/RSlash uses the term "passionate hugging" when reading Reddit posts featuring the word sex.

* Website/YouTube personality rSlash uses the term "passionate hugging" when reading Reddit posts featuring the word sex.

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.

* In ''Film/KinjiteForbiddenSubjects'' when [[Creator/CharlesBronson Detective Crowe's]] daughter has a man stick his hand up her skirt during a bus ride she exclaims that someone has touched her "holy of holies!"

--> '''GM:''' Ahhh. I see how it is. That's pretty handy. "Doing That Thing"! Heheheh. Vampires do vampiric activities, humans do [censored] activities. OK! OK!

* The musical ''Theatre/AChorusLine'' features a song titled "Dance: Ten, Looks: Three". 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.'')

* In RPG/sim hybrid ''VideoGame/AzureDreams'' (PSX version), after teenage-hero Koh finally gets a RelationshipUpgrade by turning GirlNextDoor, Bokkuko Tsundere Nico, into a VictoriousChildhoodFriend as part of his personal [[{{Polyamory}} harem]], she will fondly reminisce to him how very touchy-feely he already was with her even when they were still young children (''I remember that even when you were a little kid, you would get me and we would do this and do that''). Koh shamelessly agrees with a straight face (''Yes, I 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, call girl, 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.

** Pirates try to kidnap Eva and the captain states there are "some fighting you do in private", it is clear they got what he meant by it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', Pirates try to kidnap Eva and the captain states there are "some fighting you do in private", it is clear they got what he meant by it.

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; TechnicalEuphemism, when the euphemism uses technical jargon; and DoubleEntendre, when an innocent phrase has a double meaning related to sex. If used as names, they are EuphemisticNames. 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 when a term turns into this. AccidentalInnuendo is when the author didn't intend it either. See also InnocentInnuendo and HehHehYouSaidX. See also GayEuphemism which is about avoiding direct usage of homosexuality-related terms.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'', Jeremie [[AccidentalInnuendo unintentionally]] makes an innuendo when suggesting he would give [[LoveInterest Aelita]] his [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow 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.

* 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.'')

* In WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's fourth commercial special, the Wicked Witch hits on a henchman using such lines as "What do you say I ride your broomstick for a while?"

* In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'', Gretchen refers to sex as "tappin' it", Beatrix Portinari refers to sex as "bada-bing" or "being boned", Agnes refers to sex as "You know...", and Jasper [[spoiler:after losing his memory]] uses the phrase "bang one out". Jasper and Agnes also use a variety of euphemisms right before TheirFirstTime.

* In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'', Gretchen refers to sex as "tappin' it", Beatrix Portinari refers to sex as "bada-bing", and Agnes refers to sex as "You know...". Jasper and Agnes also use a variety of euphemisms right before TheirFirstTime.

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. If used as names, they are EuphemisticNames. 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 when a term turns into this. AccidentalInnuendo is when the author didn't intend it either. See also InnocentInnuendo and HehHehYouSaidX. See also GayEuphemism which is about avoiding direct usage of homosexuality-related terms.

-->*Bob: "How's your head?"\\
:Elvira "Well, I've never had any complaints..."

** Used in the second 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.

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 when a term turns into this. AccidentalInnuendo is when the author didn't intend it either. See also InnocentInnuendo and HehHehYouSaidX. See also GayEuphemism which is about avoiding direct usage of homosexuality-related terms.

* PlayedForDrama in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0''. 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.

* ''Anime/SteelAngelKurumi'' has the perverted general, who asks confidentially if Saki can be ordered to do 'this and 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. See also GayEuphemism which is about avoiding direct usage of homosexuality-related terms.

* In ''Fanfic/TheRivalPrefectsTrilogy'', after Myrtle sees Thomas naked, she says he has a much bigger… smile than the other prefects. Malcolm also brings up the size of Thomas'… ego.