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Third base? I'm not native english speaker, can someone explain?
by pestatije 4y ago
Third base? I'm not native english speaker, can someone explain?
- cyberge99 4y agoPlacing ones fingers upon or within another’s genitalia (private body parts).
- falcolas 4y agoFirst Base: Kissing Second Base: Fondling above the waist Third Base: Fondling below the waist Home Run: Sex
- ipnon 4y agoA double whammy idiom of American English wherein you have to understand baseball to perceive the meaning. Do Europeans have idioms regarding soccer?
- bilekas 4y agoIn Ireland kissing was called `scoring` .. "Did you score ?" Looking back it, seems really strange.
- bee_rider 4y agoThat expression is also used in the US. I don't think it is soccer specific, the objective of almost every game is scoring.
- HWR_14 4y agoI feel like UK (and Indian, Australian, NZ, Pakistani...) English must have idioms concerning Cricket.
- piaste 4y ago"[Scoring] an own goal" comes to mind, and I think "hat trick" comes from football too. Italian has a few more as wlel.
- jmkb 4y agoSee also: https://xkcd.com/540/ https://xkcd.com/540/
- exolymph 4y agoHuh, I wonder if it varies regionally? Or maybe by generation? Millennial here, when I was using this system Second Base was fingering, handjobs, etc., and Third Base was oral.