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[beetiger]

What the heck is "I'd hit it!" supposed to mean, anyway?

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[alcinoe.livejournal.com]

I have no clue. That was the question I had when I saw the meme too.

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

Well, it's clear from usage in the meme that it means 'I'd sleep with you'.

I've heard 'I'd hit that' to mean 'I would sleep with that person' elsewhere. The 'it' makes it weird, though.

[perlandria.livejournal.com]

I think it is a variation on 'tap that ass'. Yes, you would sleep with them.

[forgotten-years.livejournal.com]

I'd hit it means, "I would (insert favorite euphamism here) him/her/it." Yeah, it's an expression of sexual attraction/desire, but not a very flattering one. More do do with physical suitability than like/love/admiration.

Incidentally, McDonald's had an ad campaign a while back with a guy looking lustfully at a dollar-menu double-cheeseburger and saying, "Double cheeseburger? I'd hit it. I'm a dollar menu dude." Go figure.

-squeek aka Mike W.

[barberio.livejournal.com]

I like pie?

[paka.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's some sort of reference to hitting someone in the cervix when you hump?

[varjohaltia.livejournal.com]

I first encountered it on imageboards, with the meaning of "it's good/sexy/pretty enough that I'd have sex with it," or by corollary, "I think it's pretty/sexy/good, even if you don't." Mind you, the "it" applies to a whole range of things...

[cktraveler.livejournal.com]

FARK (and presumably other public boards frequented by testosterone-poisoned types) used to have informal contests for the most entertaining way of delivering the line. My personal favorite was a picture of Richard Dawson as the host of Family Feud, yelling "Survey says!" and the #1 answer was "I'd Hit It!"

It's essentially a deliberately vulgar way of saying that one finds a person, thing, or situation attractive. It is the standard reply to someone posting a picture of an attractive woman or a link to a porn site; it is just about as often used sarcastically when a picture of an unattractive thing is posted. (As with all areas of our culture, sarcasm comes to dominate honesty among the bereft-of-wit ...)