crime scene sex
n.— «I read on the website for my IUD that bleeding can occur for the first few weeks after insertion. Well, I’ve been bleeding now for 13 days. Geesh. I hope it stops soon. If not by this time next week, I’ll go get checked out. Mal’s getting tired of crime scene sex.» —“Re: Dogs die to teach Peru’s soldiers how to kill” by Aemilia Usenet: alt.tasteless Dec. 26, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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