# Baseball Sex Metaphors Baseball Sex Metaphors describe sexual activity through baseball base progression, where first base means kissing, second involves above-the-waist contact, third is genital contact, and home run is intercourse. The vocabulary traces to post-World War II American slang and reappeared in songs like Meatloaf's 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light.' By July 2018, Twitter users were inverting the format so first base meant sex and later bases marked emotional vulnerability. ## Origin Linguists Marty Jazer and Suzanne Romaine have traced the baseball-as-sex vocabulary to American youth culture in the years after World War II[2]. The system became formalized online when Urban Dictionary user rarmeister posted a definition for third base on January 17th, 2004, describing it as physical contact with another person's genitals[5]. No single person coined the base system, so the convention belongs to decades of American teenage slang rather than any one author. The Twitter snowclone that put the vocabulary back in front of younger audiences in the 2010s was driven by individual tweets, not a central creator[1]. - **Platform:** American slang (origin) / Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 1945 ## Overview Beyond the four-base progression, the baseball vocabulary includes 'pitcher' and 'catcher' for the giver and receiver in anal sex, 'switch hitter' for bisexual people, and 'playing for the other team' as a reference to gay or lesbian orientation[2]. Users of the system have never agreed on where each base ends, and that ambiguity turned into fuel for Twitter joke formats[1]. A typical third-base definition post reads like a non-sequitur or confession, with people substituting absurd actions for the sexual meaning. One 2013 version defined third base as 'one hand under the snuggie'[3], while a 2018 take called it the moment you tell someone about your One Direction stan years[1]. The July 2018 variant inverted the order so that first base became sex itself and later bases stood for emotional intimacy like meeting the parents or sharing passwords[1]. ## How to Use A standard post picks one base, usually third, and replaces the expected sexual action with something emotionally revealing, embarrassing, or absurdly specific. The July 2018 variant swaps the whole order: first base is sex, and later bases describe vulnerability like letting someone see your Spotify history or watching all of Naruto together[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Baseball Sex Metaphors? A set of American slang terms that map sexual activity onto baseball bases, with first base as kissing, second as above-the-waist contact, third as genital contact, and home run as intercourse[2]. ### Where did Baseball Sex Metaphors come from? Scholars Marty Jazer and Suzanne Romaine trace the base system to American youth slang after World War II[2], with online codification arriving in a 2004 Urban Dictionary post[5]. ### What does Baseball Sex Metaphors mean? Beyond the base progression, related terms include 'pitcher' and 'catcher' for roles in gay sex, 'switch hitter' for bisexual, and 'playing for the other team' for being gay or lesbian[2]. ### How do you use Baseball Sex Metaphors? Online, people treat the bases as a snowclone, replacing one base's meaning with a joke action, such as @ColoradoUgly's 'one hand under the snuggie' third-base definition[3]. ### Is Baseball Sex Metaphors still popular? The base system is a classic American sex slang that resurfaces in Twitter snowclones, with the biggest recent viral push arriving in July 2018 around the inverted first-base-is-sex trend[1]. ## References 1. [https://mashable.com/2018/07/24/first-base-meme-sexual-gatekeeping-twitter/#152T9eAFwqq7]() 2. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_metaphors_for_sex]() 3. [https://twitter.com/ColoradoUgly/status/415144085851086848]() 4. [https://hooddoggy.tumblr.com/post/72428124267]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/baseball-sex-metaphors]() 6. [https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/the-first-base-meme-is-rethinking-relationship-milestones-37155454.html]() 7. [https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahburton/error-is-when-the-condom-breaks]() 8. [http://www.collegehumor.com/post/3497566/less-common-baseball-sex-terms]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/baseball-sex-metaphors Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library