sex number en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From sex + number, referring to the numeral 69 in reference to the eponymous sex position sixty-nine (“a sex position wherein two people simultaneously give each other oral sex”).
Meanings
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(Internet, humorous, often) The number 69.
Caller: Sure sure, but maybe just jot this down. Got a pen? My e-mail address is Stephzilla—all one word—69. Six. Nine. You know. Like the sex number?
2022, G. M. Nair, The Mystery of the Murdered Guy, dS-dF, →ISBN, unnumbered page:for internationalization purposes you should use SEXNUMBER instead of integer literal 69. the sex number might not be 69 in every culture
2012 October 22, @me_irl, Twitter:The sex number is, among a large subset of social-media users, an incredibly important number (as is the weed number, 420). When you see the sex number, which is 69, it is your duty to comment "nice."
2016 June 9, Brian Feldman, “Why 69 Is the Internet's Coolest Number (Sex)”, in Intelligencer, New York Magazine:His rap handle was Tekashi69. The "Tekashi" part was inspired by Japanese anime, of which Danny was a big fan. Six-nine was more mysterious — it was the sex number, obviously, but in its interlocking yin-yang digits, Danny had found something deeper that he never fully explained.
2019 January 16, Stephen Witt, “Tekashi 69: The Rise and Fall of a Hip-Hop Supervillain”, in Rolling Stone: