Netflix and Chill
Feb. 19th, 2026 05:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
varidogI'm behind on the slang, and yes, I've been living under a rock. It's called parenthood.
"Netflix and chill" is a euphemism for hooking up, which itself is a euphemism for a different euphemism, all the way to casual sex.
I wasn't completely ignorant of this, but it's either gotten to be way more solid in its usage or I didn't properly understand it in the first place.
The point of a euphemism is that you can say it and somebody else won't understand. Hello, I'm that somebody.
"Netflix and chill" is a euphemism for hooking up, which itself is a euphemism for a different euphemism, all the way to casual sex.
I wasn't completely ignorant of this, but it's either gotten to be way more solid in its usage or I didn't properly understand it in the first place.
The point of a euphemism is that you can say it and somebody else won't understand. Hello, I'm that somebody.
