Meanings
alternative while-you're-down-there
- humorousoffensivevulgarSaid when a person bends over near the speaker, with the implication that the addressee should perform oral sex on the speaker.
"While you're down there, love..." he says, his smut-filled grin prompting giggles from the surrounding seats. Cue face-burn, and ninety minutes of disbelief.
2016 June 16, Anna Kessel, Eat Sweat Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN2 more examples
I was so tempted to say, "While you're down there love," but thought better of it, which is unusual for me. I mean, a pretty young lady with her head at the same height as my crotch is a promising position for any man to be in.
2009 January 1, Chris Gooderham, Endurance Bunny and the Small Shrivelled Organ - St Davids to Lowestoft Cycle Ride, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 42I squatted so I wouldn't have to bend and started picking up pieces of the mug. He watched me, and I knew this was the kind of display he appreciated . "While you're down there," he said, tugging at his crotch.
2018 October 23, Tammy Lynne Stoner, Sugar Land, Red Hen Press, →ISBN
alternative while-you're-down-there
- not comparableOpportunistic; requested while in the process of asking for something else.
It's a bit of a while-you're-down-there challenge
2020 September 4, No More Jockeys, season 2, episode 6, spoken by Tim Key1 more example
'I see you're in Pontefract in two weeks,' they'll say. 'We're in Leeds, which is only half an hour away – would you do us half price the night after?' The 'while you're down there' line of enquiry usually shuts down shortly after I ask why I don't reduce my fee for Pontefract and charge Leeds full price.
2021 May 20, Wayne Mardle, Slinging Arrows: How (not) to be a professional darts player, Random House, →ISBN
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