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on_the_hill
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I never in my life heard bow chicka wow wow as meaning sex.
In fact, isn’t it in a Phineas & Ferb song?
In fact, isn’t it in a Phineas & Ferb song?
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nodito
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LaughingBoy is correct. “Bow chica wow wow” is an expression that refers to the music in a bad porn movie. I’m a millenial (who’s never watched porn) and that’s immediately what I think of when I hear someone say it.
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nodito
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Not sex, exactly, more like cheap pornography.
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Bonnie
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I suspect it’s a variation of the children’s song “Boom Chicka Boom” or the old song “Chick-A-Boom.”
Teenagers love to take an innocuous word or phrase & give it a sexual connotation so they have something to titter about when an adult uses the word in normal conversation. Then bluenoses say we should no longer use that word or phrase because, to immature people, it refers only to something sexual.
It’s similar to LGBT people using a rainbow as a symbol of diversity. I’ve heard people say we should no longer use it as a Christian symbol because it now “belongs” to gay people. Same with crystals - no good anymore because they are used by new age people.
I’m old enough to just stare down people who try to do this to me. But being on the Internet I have to use words instead of my semi-famous death-stare. Not sure which emoji would convey that. :ehh:? :dts:?
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exnihilo
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No, it is an imitation of the sound of typical music from 1970s pornography.
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Bonnie
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I don’t know how old “Boom Chicka Boom” is, but I know “Chick-A-Boom” is from the late '50s - long before the '70s.
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john1513
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Actually it’s “bow-chica-wow-wow” which sounds like the electric guitar played in almost all porn from the 70’s and afterward. This is very common knowledge in pop culture (and porn culture).
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Bonnie
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I don’t think you understood what I wrote.
I’m surprised there are so many people here who are willing to admit their familiarity with porn movies!
You guys seem gung-ho to convert everyone to the porn culture. Sorry - you’ll have to peddle your porn talk somewhere else - I’m not buying it.
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EasterJoy
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It shows the wisdom of the Almighty that no one among fallen humankind are mind-readers.As others have said, it is the actions and choices we make that are important, not the temptations. We have control over the former, but not the latter.
I’ve always though that taking several seconds to scan a woman up and down is generally a conscious choice.
My brother likes to point out that you cannot “not think of a polar bear.” As soon as you tell yourself **not **to think about something, that’s practically all you can think about.
A better strategy is to substitute a good thought for a self-centered one. For instance, you might find yourself turning someone else into an object–not just about sex, but even for instance thinking of people in the service industry as existing just to make your life pleasant. Maybe the person is even annoying you, not titillating you. When you find yourself doing that, substitute the thought of how much Our Lord loves that person, instead, and how He desires to make them the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit. Think about how the Lord wants you and that person to be fit for Heaven and the splendor and true happiness of Heaven, that what the Lord desires for you is far beyond the self-indulgences you might want in this moment. Thinking that the person ultimately belongs to the Lord and ought to do all to please the Lord puts them into a whole different light.
This is a strategy that works for both the spouse with the straying eyes and the one who has a spouse with straying eyes. It helps you to have the “anger” that desires better for both persons, the “anger” that desires that they turn toward mercy and goodness, which is a more divine way to look at sin, rather than just being angry in a short-sighted human way.
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nodito
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It’s not porn culture so much as pop culture. As I say, I’ve never seen a porn movie (or seen any type of porn, actually). I’m just a young Catholic mom of three children.I don’t think you understood what I wrote.
I’m surprised there are so many people here who are willing to admit their familiarity with porn movies!
You guys seem gung-ho to convert everyone to the porn culture. Sorry - you’ll have to peddle your porn talk somewhere else - I’m not buying it.
I’ve never seen Jaws either, but if I tell someone I’m going to the beach and they start humming the Jaws theme song I know they’re trying to tease me about sharks.
Likewise, if someone said, “Bow chica wow wow,” I know they’re referencing something sleazy and sexual. That’s just what it means.
Anyway, I don’t think anyone is trying to convert anyone to anything. LaughingBoy and others just want to point out to those that weren’t aware that using a phrase like this has certain connotations to most of the other people who hear it.
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Bonnie
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I wouldn’t. I don’t recall ever hearing the music. It took me nearly 20 years to finally hear “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” I didn’t know the tune or the words, just the title. Apparently I don’t know much about pop culture, & that’s fine with me.
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EasterJoy
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Kind of like the service of warning people going to Mexico that the “shave and a haircut” knock should be avoided, as it will sometimes get you a very angry response down there. It turns out that it is very close to the rhythm that connotes an extremely vulgar insult in certain parts of Mexico and in Central and South America. (As in: you don’t want to know how vulgar. Seriously vulgar.)
Some vulgar speech that Americans pick up as “typical” of the British falls into this category. Suffice it to say, it is wise to be careful around slang, especially slang from an area or social group you don’t belong to yourself.
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BoomBoomMancini
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Just to clarify, yes, I meant “bow chica wow wow” as in the cheesy music from porn movies. Was trying to convey a fleeting sexual thought. Clearly I could have been more clear. 
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Anglewannabe
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Too many post about ‘bow chica wow wow’ to quote. But I just want to say, I NEVER heard it before and had NO idea it could be see as referrencing porn. I though it was more of an innocent ‘hubba hubba’ but now, bring on all the threads to argue about that expression.
But in all sincerity, LaughingBoy, thank you for pointing it out
But in all sincerity, LaughingBoy, thank you for pointing it out
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BoomBoomMancini
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Eh…not that this matters that much, but I always thought “hubba hubba” and “bow chica wow wow” were basically equivalent. A semi-joking way of saying “I find that person hot.” I think the “bow chica wow wow” thing originated as a term because of 70s porn music, but I think now it just means something sexual in general.
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Anglewannabe
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Well, I though ‘hubba hubba’ just was a cute way of saying a girl is pretty. But I guess nowadays, people just turn everything to sex. Sad that people are like this But I knew my posting it would probably result in people saying it was a sexual thing
Next thing we know, the post will turn to how your user name. ‘BoomBoomMancini’ has
the same connotation as ‘Bow chica wow wow’
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acadiANNA
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There are several articles titled “Custody of the Eyes.” I once copied a good one for a co-worker who confided in me that when he sees a pretty girl, he wants to go and meet her. He is a married man. The articles emphasize that you are in control of what you look at. Remember the Bible says if your eye makes you sin, pluck it out. It is better to go to Heaven with one eye than to be thrown into Gahenna with two. Said earlier, I would ‘dope slap’ him back to reality. After a few situations, he will get the message. Or tell him, I feel disrespected when you ogle other women. Can you please stop doing that? Just my thoughts.
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LuciaPacifici
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If it is just a matter of looking and thoughts…don’t care where he gets his appetite from, as long as he takes his meals at home, if you see what I mean.
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ShrodingersCat
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There is a word that is used as a synonym for cat that is also slang for female genitalia. I didn’t realise it had the second meaning until I was 21. I also used to shorten the word muffins to a word that also means female genitalia without knowing it.I suspect it’s a variation of the children’s song “Boom Chicka Boom” or the old song “Chick-A-Boom.”
Teenagers love to take an innocuous word or phrase & give it a sexual connotation so they have something to titter about when an adult uses the word in normal conversation. Then bluenoses say we should no longer use that word or phrase because, to immature people, it refers only to something sexual.
It’s similar to LGBT people using a rainbow as a symbol of diversity. I’ve heard people say we should no longer use it as a Christian symbol because it now “belongs” to gay people. Same with crystals - no good anymore because they are used by new age people.
I’m old enough to just stare down people who try to do this to me. But being on the Internet I have to use words instead of my semi-famous death-stare. Not sure which emoji would convey that. :ehh:? :dts:?
I could keep using those words, but depending on the context people will think I’m being very rude. It’s not so much about letting ‘the other side’ have the words exclusively as maintaining my own dignity
That being said, based on the fact that bom chica wow wow sounds like 70s electric guitar through a wah pedal, which apparently was the music used in porn back in the day (not that I’ve any 1st hand experience of porn movies), I’m guessing that in this case the reverse occurred and the original meaning of the phrase got… Watered down in society by us innocents who didn’t know what it meant
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acadiANNA
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No woman wants a man who has his eyes on every woman.
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