To believe we can retire the word "shagging"?

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I was a teenager in the 90s, and the word for casual, semi casual, or run of the mill sexual congress was "shag", as in "shagging" "have a shag", "quick shag", and "shagged em".

I just think, this word has had its day. It has connotations with vintage rugs, thick carpets, unruly beards, and perhaps panting sheepdogs, that are uncomfortable. Other words exist. I don't want to be the self declared Word Police, and appreciate there will be other points of view on this very important topic, but please can we all consider never using it again?

Has anyone mentioned Riding yet? Needs to be said in a thick Dublin accent for best effect.

Has anyone mentioned 'poking' or 'hanky panky'?

A bit of slap and tickle

Shagging is a good English word, god forbid it disappears and we have to use 'hook up' like the Americans. Bonk is nice and unoffensive too but rarely heard nowadays.

Many Irish posters!

I don’t think the term is exclusively Irish though is it? I’m pretty sure its a euphemism used in Britain too, though not as commonly.

According to Morcambe and Wise it’s “a bit of way hey and what about the workers?”

Awful

But do you keep your socks on?

I quite like the word shagging, it's better than fucking.

We used to say 'got off with' at school but that was more snogging (another good word) and a bit of a fondle!

Erm. Well done for not being like the other British women and not being like the other Mumsnetters I guess.

We probably should get over ourselves and be comfortable with using “fuck” in its correct and proper context. But as that is most unlikely, l think we are stuck with shag.

What ever happened to the term “bonk”?

I blame the loose morals of the James Bond films for the big increase in British ruderies - it squarely put the idea in everybody's head to Roger more.

It was very much a word when I was at school back in the 70's.
If ever you were pulled up for saying it "but sir, we were talking about the bird".

How about 'make some noise' - as in the song Manic Monday?

Mind, I always thought there could have been a big plot-twist in the expected narrative of the song if, instead, it had been "He tells me in his bedroom voice: Sorry, honey, but I prefer boys!"

You need your own code. When I was (a lot) younger the BF I first slept with when I was in high school and I had a whole thing where we could talk about it in front of our parents or whoever. It wasn’t this code but saying “having chocolate” was having sex, referring to “packets of sweets” meant condoms, oral was “chewing gum” etc. Our code was much better though 😂

when I was a teenager in the early 70’s the only expression I heard was “ having it off”.

Have we actually had 'nookie' yet (in the course of this thread; not asking anybody personally)?!

The gag of 'Nookie Bear' - a supposedly family-friendly variety act with an in-your-face 'wink, wink' aspect for the grown-ups - went on for far too long.

No. You’re fired from the Word Police Force due to gross incompetence.

And I was just about to reply not today, then I read the rest of your post. 😀

Bonking always reminds me of Sun headlines from the 80s for some reason. Banging isn't heard much lately.

It’s a bit early yet for elevenses.

😂 haha love a contrived pun! 👏

Maybe the neighbours have put some sponge behind the headboard 😀.

i had completely forgotten about the term "shagging" but it's got a kind of retro 80s / 90s Brit culture ring to it which on reflection I find amusing.

First remember hearing the term "bonking" on OTT.

As I recall, it was a sketch about highbrow literature and Lenny Henry(????) was trying to read a passage from Lady Chaterly's Lover(?) but kept getting stopped as it was considered to be too "near the knuckle". He persevered and everyone settled into a false sense of security until he suddenly came out with the term "bonking" which threw the presenter into a frenzy.😆

As far as I am aware, that was the first time the term was used.