

According to the Online Etymological Dictionary , it originally meant "to have sex on horseback"; what two-word phrase is it?



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Answer: flying fuck



The phrase Flying fuck originally meant "have sex on horseback" and is first attested c.1800 in broadside ballad New Feats of Horsemanship .



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