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to pop someone's cherry

to pop someone's cherry

1 9.9
To have sex with someone for the first time
  • idiom
  • Offensive
translation icon : quitarle la virginidad a alguien
  • - Yong, you're gonna pop your cherry, fool.

Examples

Synonyms

to lose one's virginity
vsto pop someone's cherry
  • NSFW
56 8.4

To have sex for the first time

is vulgar slang for the same first sexual intercourse act
to pop the cherry
vsto pop someone's cherry
  • Offensive
9.9

To do something for the first time, often used informally about a person's first time having sex

is slang that specifically refers to first sexual intercourse in vulgar use

Surface Forms

pop someone's cherry infinitive
popped someone's cherry past
popped someone's cherry past participle
popping someone's cherry present participle
pops someone's cherry third person singular

Morphology

pop + someone's + cherry

The meaning 'to have sexual intercourse for the first time' is a culturally specific, metaphorical euphemism that does not follow from the literal senses of 'pop' (to burst) and 'cherry' (a fruit). A B1 learner who knows the constituent words would most likely interpret it literally or remain unsure rather than derive the idiomatic sexual meaning without prior exposure.

Etymology

Pop someone's cherry is slang that likely comes from the image of an untouched cherry whose thin skin is broken the first time it is touched, and the word pop shows that quick breaking. That's why the phrase means 'to have sex for the first time'.