insta-sex

noun

Sexual intercourse entered into with another person within a short time of meeting that person.

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Meanings

nouninsta-sex (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountableSexual intercourse entered into with another person within a short time of meeting that person.

    There's really no upside for insta-sex, unless you get off on the passion of that moment (there might not be many moments beyond it).

    1995, Mademoiselle, volume 101, numbers 7-12, page 70
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    The Seductive Way might seem antiquated in an age of Turbotongue vibrators, designer faces, insta-sex, image doctors, and love coaches, but it endures in the erotic pathways of the subpsyche.

    2004, Elizabeth Prioleau, Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love, page 47

    In interview after interview, Glamour learned that, for the most part, they are articulate, thoughtful, even shy—just normal young women who think a quick fix of insta-sex is well worth the risks.

    2009, Glamour, volume 107, numbers 9-10, page 276

Origin

From insta- + sex.

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APA

insta-sex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insta-sex

MLA

“insta-sex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insta-sex. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insta-sex,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insta-sex.

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