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horizontal refreshments


Sexual intercourse.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

They decided to enjoy some horizontal refreshments after the movie.

CONTEXTUAL

After a long and romantic dinner, the couple headed upstairs to indulge in some horizontal refreshments.

COMPLEX

The novelist used the term horizontal refreshments as a coy, euphemistic way to describe the intimate encounter between the two main characters.


Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    horizontal dancing

    Sexual intercourse.

  2. 02

    horizontal jogging

    Sexual intercourse.

  3. 03

    horizontal mambo

    Sexual intercourse.

  4. 04

    horizontal tango

    Sexual intercourse.

Last updated August 10, 2026