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I'll be in my bunk

I'll be in my bunk phrase: used to imply that one needs to excuse oneself to privately indulge in a pleasurable activity, particularly masturbation.

Phrase

I'll be in my bunk

  1. (slang) Used to imply that one needs to excuse oneself to privately indulge in a pleasurable activity, particularly masturbation.
    • It was exhausting in all the wrong ways, but I made it through the two weeks without succumbing to temptation. Will I give up for good? Hell no. But I now appreciate it a whole lot more.
      Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be in my bunk.2013, James Haydon, "Going Without: Masturbating", Vertigo (University of Technology, Sydney), Issue 2 (2013), page 12
    • Speaking of people in the Thor movies, Idris Elba—Marvel's Heimdall, and the guy everyone wants to be the new James Bond—just set the date for his first turn as the host of Saturday Night Live. People's Sexiest Man Alive will take the stage in studio 8H on March 9 and will be promoting his new...2019 February 21, Angela Watercutter, “Thor Is Going to Be Playing the Hulk”, in Wired

Examples of I'll be in my bunk in a sentence

  • Said fans everywhere, "I'll be in my bunk."2019 February 21, Angela Watercutter, “Thor Is Going to Be Playing the Hulk”, in Wired:
  • Well, let's just say I'll be in my bunk.2019, Rosemary Rowe, in Gail Johnson, "Notables share ideal Vancouver days", The Georgia Straight, 13 June 2019, page 13

Origin of I'll be in my bunk

From a scene in the episode "War Stories" (2002) of the television series Firefly, in which Jayne Cobb reacts to seeing courtesan Inara walk off with a female client by stating, "I'll be in my bunk."

Questions about I'll be in my bunk

What does I'll be in my bunk mean?
I'll be in my bunk means used to imply that one needs to excuse oneself to privately indulge in a pleasurable activity, particularly masturbation.
How do you use I'll be in my bunk in a sentence?
Said fans everywhere, "I'll be in my bunk."
What part of speech is I'll be in my bunk?
I'll be in my bunk is a phrase.

Words near I'll be in my bunk in the dictionary

  1. I'll be darned
  2. I'll be dipped
  3. I'll be dipped in shit
  4. I'll be hanged
  5. I'll be here all night
  6. I'll be in my bunk
  7. I'll be seeing you
  8. I'll be shot
  9. I'll believe it when I see it
  10. I'll bite
  11. I'll call the police

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