"Slap and tickle"

**Mehrgan** · 22-Dec-2010, 08:22

Hi,
Is this idiom still used in BrE? (Is it a euphemism?) Any other idioms meaning the same? Ta!

**bhaisahab** · 22-Dec-2010, 08:46

Originally Posted by Mehrgan

Hi,
Is this idiom still used in BrE? (Is it a euphemism?) Any other idioms meaning the same? Ta!

It's still in use (I think). It's a euphemism for having sex. There are many other less polite euphemisms for it.

**Rover_KE** · 22-Dec-2010, 08:52

I haven't heard it for a long time.

I never thought it meant having sex - more like heavy petting, nookie, rumpy-pumpy, groping etc.

Rover

**Tdol** · 22-Dec-2010, 10:07

It's a bit old-fashioned- here's a song from 1979 using it, but it was a dated usage even then:
YouTube - Squeeze - Slap and Tickle (TOTP)

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