missionary position

[ mish-uh-ner-ee puh-zish-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a face-to-face sex position in which the person who is being penetrated lays flat on their back, while the person who is penetrating them lays on top of them.

missionary position

informal.
a position for sexual intercourse in which the man lies on top of the woman and they are face to face

First recorded in 1945–50; so called because it was allegedly advocated by Christian missionaries working among Indigenous peoples

C20: from the belief that missionaries advocated this as the proper position to primitive peoples among whom it was unknown

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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