[Idiom] "Slap and tickle"

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Mehrgan

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

bhaisahab

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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.
 

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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
 
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