better than sex

adjective

Superlative; wonderful.

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Meanings

adjectivebetter than sex (comparative form only)
  1. comparative onlyidiomaticsimileSuperlative; wonderful.

    I mean, Madonna says they [Manolos] are better than sex and Suzy Menkes marvels at the way no one but Manolo can build so much sexual arousal into a sliver of suede.

    2003, New Statesman
    2 more examples

    It's insane the way people compare everything to sex. For years now, Arnold Schwarzenegger has made the talk-show rounds telling audiences that pumping iron is better than sex. No wonder it took him so long to find a bride.

    1987 September, Robert McKay, “The National Standard”, in Cincinnati Magazine, page 104

    In the second generation, Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina developed NCSA Mosaic at the University of Illinois. Several million then suddenly noticed that the Web might be better than sex.

    1995 August 21, Robert Metcalfe, “Microsoft and Netscape open some new fronts in escalating Web Wars”, in InfoWorld, volume 17, number 34, page 35
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