horizontal jogging

English

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhɒ.ɹɪˈzɒn.təl ˈdʒɒɡ.ɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌhɔː.ɹəˈzɑːn.təl ˈdʒɑ.ɡɪŋ/
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Noun

horizontal jogging (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
    • 1981, Punch, volume 281, page 506:
      Sex in those days was regarded not so much as a playful sport, horizontal jogging it might be, as an unspeakable obsession needing pseudo-new assistance, the sin that dare not speak its name except in obscure, allusive, Latinate verbiage.
    • 1984 December 17, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Party Games”, in Yes, Minister, season 3, episode 8, spoken by Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):
      Yes, I understand that the current expression is horizontal jogging, Minister.
    • 1994, Michael Scott Rohan, The Gates of Noon,, Avon Books, page 32:
      His sports were team games like football and basketball, not to mention horizontal jogging.

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