Sloppy seconds

Sloppy seconds (or slops in Australian slang^[1]) is a slang phrase for when a man has sexual intercourse with a (female or male^[2]) partner shortly after that person has had intercourse with someone else, and is therefore wet or "sloppy".^[3]^[4] The phrase "buttered bun" is sometimes used to refer to said orifice.^[5]^[6] The practice is also referred to as a "wet deck".^[7]

The term has since been stretched as a derogatory metaphor to demean someone having a relationship with a person who had previously been dating another individual within the peer group,^[8] analogous to the way female virginity has historically been correlated with purity.

In November 2022, South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas was criticised after using the term in a press conference. He apologised, and said he was not aware that it was a sexual term.^[9]

References

^ Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry, eds. (2013). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (2nd ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-61949-3.
^ Paul Baker (25 May 2004). Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-8264-7343-1.
^ Doyle, Charles (2012). The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0300136029.
^ Congressional Record. July 23, 1998. p. 16928. Original source: "Where'd you learn that?", article in Time magazine, Monday, June 15, 1998.
^ Comfort, Alex (1987). The Joy of Sex: a Cordon Bleu guide to lovemaking. New York: Pocket Books. p. 160. ISBN 0671735187.
^ Grose, Francis; Partridge, Eric (2004). A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Washington, D.C., United States: Beard Books. p. 63. ISBN 1587982471.
^ Steen, Edwin Benzel; Price, James H. (1988). Human sex and sexuality (2nd rev. and enl. ed.). New York: Dover Publications. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-486-25544-6.
^ Luisa Dillner, Love by Numbers: The Hidden Facts Behind Everyone's Relationships (2009), p. 47.
^ SA Premier Peter Malinauskas criticised over 'sloppy seconds' remark about AFL round win, ABC News, 15 November, 2022

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[1] Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry, eds. (2013). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (2nd ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-61949-3.

[Baker2004-2] Paul Baker (25 May 2004). Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-8264-7343-1.

[3] Doyle, Charles (2012). The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0300136029.

[4] Congressional Record. July 23, 1998. p. 16928. Original source: "Where'd you learn that?", article in Time magazine, Monday, June 15, 1998.

[5] Comfort, Alex (1987). The Joy of Sex: a Cordon Bleu guide to lovemaking. New York: Pocket Books. p. 160. ISBN 0671735187.

[6] Grose, Francis; Partridge, Eric (2004). A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Washington, D.C., United States: Beard Books. p. 63. ISBN 1587982471.

[7] Steen, Edwin Benzel; Price, James H. (1988). Human sex and sexuality (2nd rev. and enl. ed.). New York: Dover Publications. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-486-25544-6.

[8] Luisa Dillner, Love by Numbers: The Hidden Facts Behind Everyone's Relationships (2009), p. 47.

[9] SA Premier Peter Malinauskas criticised over 'sloppy seconds' remark about AFL round win, ABC News, 15 November, 2022

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