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sex number

sex number noun: the number 69.

Noun (1)

sex number

  1. (Internet, humorous, often) The number 69.
    • for internationalization purposes you should use SEXNUMBER instead of integer literal 69. the sex number might not be 69 in every culture2012 October 22, @me_irl, Twitter
    • The sex number is, among a large subset of social-media users, an incredibly important number (as is the weed number, 420). When you see the sex number, which is 69, it is your duty to comment "nice."2016 June 9, Brian Feldman, “Why 69 Is the Internet's Coolest Number (Sex)”, in Intelligencer, New York Magazine

Noun (2)

sex number (plural sex numbers)

  1. Synonym of body count (“the total number of sexual partners of a given individual”).
    Synonyms:
    body count

Synonyms of sex number

Forms of sex number

pluralsex numbers

Origin of sex number

From sex + number, referring to the numeral 69 in reference to the eponymous sex position sixty-nine (“a sex position wherein two people simultaneously give each other oral sex”).

Questions about sex number

What does sex number mean?
Sex number means the number 69.
What part of speech is sex number?
Sex number is a noun.
What is the plural of sex number?
The plural of sex number is sex numbers.

Words near sex number in the dictionary

  1. sex lines
  2. sex lives
  3. sex machine
  4. sex machines
  5. sex negativity
  6. sex number
  7. sex numbers
  8. sex object
  9. sex objects
  10. sex offender
  11. sex offenders

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