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1641 Etymology dictionary, p. Freya.2
goddess of sexual love and beauty in Norse mythology, from Old Norse Freyja, which is related to Old English frea "lord;" Old Saxon frua, Middle Dutch vrouwe "woman, wife," German Frau; see frau ).
1642 Etymology dictionary, p. frigid (adj.).2
… in sexual heat" is attested from 1650s, originally of males. Related: Frigidly; frigidness .
1643 Etymology dictionary, p. frigidity (n.).2
… to sexual impotence, 1580s, originally of men; by 1903 of women.
1644 Etymology dictionary, p. frottage (n.).2
… a sexual perversion, from French frottage "rubbing, friction," from frotter "to rub," from Old French froter "to rub, wipe; beat, thrash" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *frictare …
1645 Etymology dictionary, p. fuck (n.).2
… of sexual intercourse," from fuck (v.). From 1874 in coarse slang sense "a woman (considered in sexual terms);" from 1929 as something one doesn't give when one doesn't …
1646 Etymology dictionary, p. fuck (v.).2
… have sexual intercourse with" (transitive), until recently a difficult word to trace in usage, in part because it was omitted as taboo by the editors of the original …
1647 Etymology dictionary, p. fuck (v.).5
… "have sexual intercourse," swive, from Old English swifan "to move lightly over, sweep" (see swivel ). But OED remarks that these "cannot be shown to be related" to the …
1648 Etymology dictionary, p. fuck (v.).6
… the sexual application of violent action" [Shipley; compare the sexual slang use of bang, etc.].
1649 Etymology dictionary, p. gay (adj.).9
As a teen slang word meaning "bad, inferior, undesirable," without reference to sexuality, from 2000.
1650 Etymology dictionary, p. gamer (n.).2
… Game "sexual intercourse" (by 1930s), probably from the first game ever played "copulation"). From 1550s as "a gambler." Gamesman is from 1947.
1651 Etymology dictionary, p. gamete (n.).2
"sexual protoplasmic body," 1880, coined 1878 by German cytologist Eduard Strasburger (1844-1912), the widespread attribution of the word's coinage to Mendel …
1652 Etymology dictionary, p. gang-bang (n.).2
… , "perform sexual intercourse" sense. Earlier was gang-shag (1927). Sense of "participate in a street gang" is by 1968. Related: Gang-banger; gang-banging .
1653 Etymology dictionary, p. generation (n.).3
From late 14c. as "act or process of procreation; process of being formed; state of being procreated; reproduction; sexual intercourse;" also "that which is produced, fruit, crop; children; descendants, offspring of the same parent."
1654 Etymology dictionary, p. genital (adj.).2
… to (sexual) reproduction," in membres genytal "the genitals," from Latin genitalis "pertaining to generation or birth; fruitful" (also a by-name of the goddess Diana …
1655 Etymology dictionary, p. genitals (n.).2
"reproductive organs," especially the external sexual organs, late 14c., from genital (adj.). Compare genitalia .
1656 Etymology dictionary, p. get off (v.).2
"escape," c. 1600, from get (v.) + off (adv.). Sexual sense attested by 1973.
1657 Etymology dictionary, p. glam (adj.).2
… or sexual ambiguity" - OED), attested by 1974. Glamazon "glamourous, dominant woman" attested by 1985 (based on amazon ).
1658 Etymology dictionary, p. glory hole (n.).2
… 1690s. Sexual (originally homosexual) sense from 1940s.
1659 Etymology dictionary, p. goose (v.).2
… , the sexual favor," and goose as a verb "to go wenching, to womanize, also to possess a woman." He also has goose-grease for a woman's sexual juices, while gooser and …
1660 Etymology dictionary, p. grind (n.).2
… meaning "sexual intercourse" is by 1893.