| rdfs:comment | - Let's face it, there's only one thing nearly every living person has on his mind, so it honestly shouldn't come as that much of surprise that most songs you're ever going to hear over the course of your entire life are gonna be about or closely related to that one thing. People seem to really like hearing about it, and people seem to equally really like singing about it. All sorts of euphemisms are used: making love, getting lucky, goin' downtown, hitting the jackpot, throwing the hot dog in the hallway, putting the key in the ignition, thrashing the thistle, scuba diving in the oasis, plugging the pudding portal, the ringing of Persian ankle bells, inserting the credit card into the slot machine, slamming the space jam in the dimensional pocket, knockin' boots. No matter what it is or whe
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| abstract | - Let's face it, there's only one thing nearly every living person has on his mind, so it honestly shouldn't come as that much of surprise that most songs you're ever going to hear over the course of your entire life are gonna be about or closely related to that one thing. People seem to really like hearing about it, and people seem to equally really like singing about it. All sorts of euphemisms are used: making love, getting lucky, goin' downtown, hitting the jackpot, throwing the hot dog in the hallway, putting the key in the ignition, thrashing the thistle, scuba diving in the oasis, plugging the pudding portal, the ringing of Persian ankle bells, inserting the credit card into the slot machine, slamming the space jam in the dimensional pocket, knockin' boots. No matter what it is or where it's coming from, they're all talking about the same thing and they all get the job done. In case you prove unable to infer what is being discussed, we are of course talking about sex. 1.
* Be subtle. Bury what you're talking about in Double Entendres and Unusual Euphemisms, with dance being the most common one. Others include; loving, working, eating, or teaching, as well as words associated with them. 2.
* Use Lyrical Dissonance. Moral Guardians expect sexy songs to sound a certain way, usually slow and seductive. Have a sprightly, folk, or pop song style tempo instead. 3.
* If your lines are short a couple of syllables, just add "Tonight", "Yeah", or "Baby". 4.
* Use lots of sung moaning sounds. 5.
* If all else fails, then to hell with subtlety and just blatantly talk about sex anyway. You'll be surprised what you can get away with. In Japan the euphemism "This and That" is popular enough to get its own trope page. For certain cases, see Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory and Innocent Innuendo. And for other cases, see also Fan Service and Playing to The Fetishes. For examples that are sung by groups of friends over a few beers rather than performed by professionals, see Bawdy Song. Sometimes, Intercourse with You gets kinky. Well, kinkier. Examples by genre:
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