"rattle" = have sexual intercourse with, 2001

Cohen, Gerald Leonard gcohen at MST.EDU
Tue Feb 22 17:05:59 UTC 2011


Don't forget the 1950's rock 'n' roll song "Shake, Rattle, and Roll." 
G. Cohen

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Joel S. Berson,Tue 2/22/2011 10:31 AM, wrote:

The 2001 movie "The Banger Sisters" regularly uses the verb "rattle"
= "have sexual intercourse with" (although not often does it use this
euphemism) and the corresponding noun "rattle".

Not in the OED,  nor Wentworth & Flexner (1967) or Chapman (1995),
the only slang books on my shelf.

In Urbandictionary, with this meaning.  HDAS?

Only mentioned because in my innocence I had not heard this before,
and the OED could not enlighten me.  Not easy to find Googling.

Joel

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