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up the Oxo Tower

up the Oxo Tower prepositional phrase: of sexual intercourse: anally.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK, humorous, slang) Of sexual intercourse: anally.
    • > > You and your wimmin have been missing out.
      >
      > more an (female) arse man myself
      Have you been up the Oxo Tower?2012, joeh, “Re: Royal Family is all stuffy and dull”, in uk.politics.misc (Usenet)
    • Until recently, London has had only one building that works by way of a euphemism for bumming. Yes — the Oxo Tower on the South Bank has been the sole venue to allow people to post Facebook update statuses such as: 'First date with Grace last night. I took her up the Oxo Tower.'2013 February 8, Caitlin Moran, “The Shard”, in The Times

Origin of up the Oxo Tower

In reference to the Oxo Tower, a building on the River Thames in London, formerly owned by the makers of Oxo stock cubes (whose brown colour is likened in this phrase to that of excrement).

Questions about up the Oxo Tower

What does up the Oxo Tower mean?
Up the Oxo Tower means of sexual intercourse: anally.
What part of speech is up the Oxo Tower?
Up the Oxo Tower is a prepositional phrase.

Words near up the Oxo Tower in the dictionary

  1. up the duff
  2. up the flume
  3. up the game
  4. up the gut
  5. up the kyte
  6. up the Oxo Tower
  7. up the pole
  8. up the proverbial
  9. up the river
  10. up the spout
  11. up the stick

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