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Ka Hoerschaf Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

to backseat somebody

Hello ...

what does backseating means??

Context ... Man and woman kissed, she´s not sure, if she wants a relationship und tries to avoid him.
When they meet again, she´s sitting in his car, he on the frontseat, she on the backseat and he says : Your backseating it ...

There´s not just the meaning of sitting in the back, is it?

Thanks for helping.
  

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Is this from an old movie? Ka Hoerschaf There´s not just the meaning of sitting in the back, is it? The plain meaning is just that.

— Enoon

  • Is this from an old movie?
  • Ka Hoerschaf There´s not just the meaning of sitting in the back, is it?
  • The plain meaning is just that.
  • You can make a nonce word out of a participle with "it" that way.
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Is this from an old movie?
Ka HoerschafThere´s not just the meaning of sitting in the back, is it?
The plain meaning is just that. You can make a nonce word out of a participle with "it" that way. If she had had no shoes on, he could have said, "You're barefooting it." If she had dyed her hair red, "You're redheading it."
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