Meaning of getting any | Babel Free

Definitions

Having sex (habitually, not currently).

euphemistic

Equivalents

Examples

“He's just grumpy because he's not getting any.”

“Are you getting any?”

“Anyone who's played on a record⟳ date⟳ / Will remember⟳ Stage⟳ Door Jenny / Well, I saw⟳ her last⟳ night, and, man / She looked like⟳ she wasn't gettin' any (Aww)”

“These were the questions boys asked other boys at my school (a school which contained only boys): ‘Are you getting any?’; ‘Does she let⟳ you have⟳ any?’; ‘How much does she let⟳ you have⟳?’ and so on.”

“When you haven't been getting any, other people notice⟳ that.... You yourself don't know⟳ that you haven't been getting any, you just think⟳, "oh, another week has gone by." ...But, on the other hand, when I haven't been getting any and then I get⟳ some, overnight I become⟳ a different person. ... Next day you wake⟳ up, you're Mahatma Gandhi.”

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