horny:
Unisexual colloquialism adjective sexually excited; desirous of sexual activity; sexually aroused and in (dire) need of sexual release; seeing sex in everything. ' I'm horny enough to fuck the crack of dawn .' From a Spike Lee movie.ETYMOLOGY: Usage dates back to the 19 th century; based on the similarity in shapes between an erect penis and a horn . Today the term is considered a colloquialism rather than slang.
See horny [SYN] for synonyms, quasi-synonyms and related terms .
QUOTES:
(1) Frisco Doll (Mae West) in Klondike Annie (1936): ' I'm an Occidental woman in an Oriental mood for-love .'
(2) Buddy (Billy Jacoby) (aged 15) and his sister Terry (Joyce Hyser) in Just One of the Boys (1985):
-- Buddy: ' The clock is ticking. I have to get Jamie .'
-- Terry:
Synonyms: 120-in-the-shade, ache-for, all-fussed-up, all-hot-and-bothered, all-sexed-up, all-steamed-up, all-worked-up, amorous, antsy, appetent, ardent, aroused, belly-itch(ing), blazing, brimming, B.U. (biological urge), burning, bursting, carry-a-bat-for, carry-a-load, carry-live-ammunition, chopping, climactically excited, cock-strong, concupiscent, covetousness, crave for, cream-for, cream-one's-knickers, cream one's jeans (or pants), cream-one's-silkies, cupidinous, desire strongly, desirous, dripping-for-it, drool-over, eager, erotic, estrous, excited, feel-fuzzy, feel-one's-oats, fervent, fervid, fiery, fired-upflaming, flash-groove, flash-in-the-pants, fuckish, full-of-beans, full-of-fuck, full-of-gism, fussed-up, geared(-up), goatish, goona(-goona), hanker(ing), hard (up), have (a) fever, have a hard-on for someone, have-a-lech, have-ants-in-one's-pants, have-hot-nuts, have-hot-pants, have-itchy-pants, have-the-hots, have-the-itch, have-the-urge-to-merge, heated, hot, hot-and-bothered, hot as a three-dollar pistol, hot-as-a-firecracker, hot-assed, hot-blooded, hot-in-the-ass, hot-in-the-biscuit, hot-in-the-tail, hot-pants, hot-to-trot, hotch, hotcha, humpery, humpy, hunger-for, hunky, hurting-for-it, impassioned, impetuous, in-a-sweat, in-heat, in-need-of, in-season, inflamed, inspired, itching, itchy, itchy-pants, jacked-up, juicy, lascivious, letch-after, letching for, lewd, libidinous, long-for, lubricious, lust-after, lust for, lustful, lusty, moved by passion, oiled, pashy, pashful, passional, passionate, perfervid, primed, primed-for-stroking, prurient, quickened, rammy, randy, ready-for-action, ready-for-Freddy, red-hot, rooty, rousing, run-a-temperature, rutting, ruttish, rutty, salacious, sensual (craving), sexalted, sexcited, sexed-up, sexotic, sexual-desire, sexy, sizzle, sizzling, spark-ignited, starved-for, steamed-(up), steamy, stimulated, stirring, strong desire, sultry, sweet-tooth, thirsty, torrid, turned-on, urge, warm, wear-a-pair-of-horn-rimmed-glasses, wear-horn-rimmed-glasses, wet, wet-and-willing, white-hot, wild (about), wired(-up), wistful, worked-up, yearning, yenny, zealous
See Also: 120 in the shade, ache for, all fussed up, all het up, all hot and bothered, all sexed up, all steamed up, all worked up, appetent, B.U., beany, beaver fryer, beef on the hoof, belly itch(ing), blue balls, blueballs, Caprihorny, carry a bat for, carry a load, carry live ammunition, chopping, cock-strong, concupiscent, crave, cream for, cream one's jeans, cream one's knickers, cream one's pants, cream one's silkies, cupidinous, dog with two dicks, dripping for it, drool over, feel fuzzy, feel one's oats, fired-up, flash groove, flash in the pants, full of beans, full of fuck, full of gism, fussed up, geared(-up), goatish, goona(-goona), hanker, hankering, hard-on for, hard-up, have a fever, have a hankering for, have a hard-on for, have a lech, have ants in one's pants, have hot nuts, have hot pants, have itchy pants, have the hots, have the hots for, have the itch, have the urge to merge, het up, hornification, horns, horny, hot and bothered, hot as a firecracker, hot for, hot in the ass, hot in the biscuit, hot in the tail, hot nuts, hot nuts for, hot pants, hot rocks, hot to trot, hot-assed, hotch, hotcha, humpery, humpy, hungry, hunky, hurting for it, in a sweat, in heat, in need of, in season, inflamed, itching, itchy, itchy pants, jacked up, oiled, perfervid, primed, primed for stroking, prurient, randy, ready for action, ready for Freddy, red-hot, rooty, run a temperature, rutting, ruttish, rutty, sexalted, sexed up, sizzle, sizzling, spark ignited, starved for, steamed (up), steamy, Studgitarius, sweet tooth, tomcat with three balls, wear a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, wear horn-rimmed glasses, wet and willing, wired up, worked up, yen, yenny
Quotes Containing horny:
Noel (Stephen Rae) hitting on Angie Scacciapensieri (Geena Davis) in Angie (1994): - Noel: ''We haven''t met. My name is Noel. Yours, please?'' - Angie: ''Ralph.'' - Noel: ''Oh, we''re giving real names. Mine''s Denise.'' - Angie: ''Are you lonely or horny? What''s your problem?'' - Noel: ''I''m Irish which often gets confused for lonely and horny .''
Buddy (Billy Jacoby) (aged 15) and his sister Terry (Joyce Hyser) in Just One of the Boys (1985): - Buddy: ''The clock is ticking. I have to get Jamie.'' - Terry: ''Can''t you hear what you''re saying? Aren''t you embarassed?'' - Buddy: ''No, I''m horny . Horny will kick embarassed''s ass any time.''
Alexandra (Cher) and Daryl Van Horn (Jack Nicholson) in The Witches of Eastwick (1987): - Alex: ''Who are you?'' - Daryl: ''Just your average, horny little devil .'' (Van Horn puns with the devil and horny .)
Del/Ronald Delany (Michael Parks) in The Hitman (1991):''I''m so goddamn horny I could fuck mud.''
Daid Bracket (Nick Nolte) in I Love Trouble (1994) introduces himself to a woman in a bar : - ''Hi. I''m David.'' - ''I''m horny .''
Horny teenager Buddy Griffith (Billy Jacoby) and Denise (Toni Hudson) in Just One of the Boys (1985): - Buddy: 'Hey, Denise, what's the rush? We're young, we're wild. Let's be young and wild together.' - Denise: 'I'd rather get the phone book and pick a name at random.'
Anonymous: ''The sexual life of the camel is stranger than anyone thinks: One night a horny old camel attempted to bugger the sphinx. Alas, the ass of the statue was filled with the sand of the Nile, which explains the hump on the camel and the sphinx''s inscrutable smile.''
Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) in the guise of The Mask (1994) puns horny with thorny when flirting with Tina Carlisle (Cameron Diaz): ''Our love is like a red, red rose and I am a little thorny.''
Horny, 15-years old Buddy Griffith (Billy Jacoby) hitting on Denise (Toni Hudson) in Just One of the Boys (1985): ''Don''t get me wrong. It''s not like I''ve never had sex before. I''ve had plenty of sex . It''s just that now I''d like to try it with a partner .''
Horny, 15-years old Buddy Griffith (Billy Jacoby) hitting on Denise (Toni Hudson) in Just One of the Boys (1985): ''Don''t get me wrong. It''s not like I''ve never had sex before. I''ve had plenty of sex . It''s just that now I''d like to try it with a partner .''
Robert Reisner. Graffiti. Two Thousand Years of Wall Writing: ''I''m so horny the crack of dawn better watch out .''
Jane Burnham (Thora Birch) to her father Lester (Kevin Spacey) in American Beauty (1999): ''I need a father who''s a role model, not some horny geek-boy who''s gonna spray his shorts every time I bring a girlfriend home from school.''
Stanley (Brian Drillinger) and Eugene (Jonathan Silverman) in Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986): - Stanley: ''How horny can you get?'' - Eugene: ''I don''t know . What''s the highest score?''
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