sexposition

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noun

(The practice of providing) exposition against a backdrop of sex or nudity.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounsexposition (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebroadcasting(The practice of providing) exposition against a backdrop of sex or nudity.

    There were similar grumbles about season GAME OF THRONES eps, but it always had the Dinklage turning in reportedly great performances--including a redefinition of, ahem, "SLAPschtick"--and its infamous sexposition[…]

    2012, Ken from Chicago, “HBO's "Luck" has few viewers”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet)

Origin

Blend of sex + exposition, coined in 2011 by Myles McNutt to describe the numerous scenes in the fantasy TV series Game of Thrones in which characters talk while they have sex with prostitutes or watch them having sex.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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