the other

the other
n
sexual intercourse or other sexual mis-behaviour. A common euphemism prob-ably deriving from the phrase 'this, that and the other', coyly referring, like 'hanky-panky', to unnameable activi-ties. Until the late 1950s the other often signified homosexual activity as opposed to orthodox sex. Nowadays phrases such as 'a bit of the other' are usually heard in a heterosexual context. 'He asked me if I fancied a bit of the other, so I told him yes, but only if the bit belonged to some other bloke.' (Recorded, London, 1965)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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