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The biggest problem with calling sex "doing it" is that it' just so vague. When you take the English language' chief present-tense verb for basically any type of action and combine it with a pronoun that can represent anything that doesn't have a gender, you end up with one nebulous euphemism. You could call kayaking "doing it." Or eating a sandwich. Or pissing on your best friend' face. Virtually anything could be "doing it." It essentially boils down to this: "Doing it" is the sex euphemism for cowards. When you want to say something that could possibly be construed as something other than sex, but which you can giggle after saying because you know what it means, that' when you say "doing it." Extra points taken off for being the title of that godawful LL Cool J song our friend' ex-girlfriend used to think went "doin' it and doin' it and doin' it, WOW!" Which, honestly, does make it better.We do, however, like one bit of vaguery when it comes to our sexual euphemisms. If any term for sex can also be used as a euphemism for dancing, it' okay in our book. That' the beauty of "gettin' busy." In addition, the term goes beyond describing sex as simply a primal, physical act. It requires concentration, skill and attention. One must hone in their abilities and get busy with the work ahead of them. Sex is not merely an act of pleasure; it is an act of pleasuring. Because of this, we, one and all, must truly "get busy."Honestly, this is just fun to say. Say it out loud. Come on. "Coitus." "Coooooitus." "Co-i-tus." Honestly, we're not sure there' any Latin-y, scientific-sounding word that is a more perfect descriptor for sex. There' just something about it that' seductive but also kind of dirty. If there' any problem with it, it may be that for whatever reason it sounds like a word that might describe a snake: "It' coitus and ready to strike!" but, considering the fact that the male genitals are so often compared to just such a creature, I guess it' appropriate. Anyway, coitus. Hurray coitus!This is a terrific euphemism, mainly because it reminds us of two awesome movies. One, obviously, is, which, well, is where it came from. It ranks right up there with "ultra violence" and "I'm selling magaziiines!" as quotes that we will repeat from that movie until we're dead. But the term also always reminds us of, only because we immediately make the connection with In-n-Out Burger, which leads us to remember that scene where they're eating In-n-Out Burgers in the Dude' car after Walter smashes up that kid' car. So really, our appreciation of the phrase has essentially nothing to do with sex.