Make Dinner, Not Love

by Miki Howald

The biggest downfall of American English is the absence of the word shag. There’s no good word for fuck except fuck, which is too often used for shock value (even though there’s nothing shocking about it now). Screw is all right, but kind of sixth grade, and face it, we weren’t screwing in sixth grade. And then there’s the clinical have sex, but it’s not very exciting. To just say you slept with someone is also boring. Doing it is kind of like doing the dishes or doing the laundry or something, and making whoopie is downright ridiculous. What about make love, you ask, and I cringe. Give me a break. I make lasagna, not love.

Comments

[miki]

I would like to thank Tricia for the inspiration

[Erin]

What about "knockin boots"??
"doing the horizontal shuffle"?

[roner]

right on.

[Elizabeth Terrazas]

thanks for the article. I love the word shag. Like making out, its a dying art. Making out is so underrated. not enough words for a kiss.