Italian football hints at the existential-yet-thrilling confusion experienced by the Haggui's of this world by ascribing the rather sexy term "autogol" to their misdirected scoring activities.
Today, "upcycling" is the buzz word of the interiors and fashion industries, but, says Angus Middleton, director of environmental consultancy, Renaissance Regeneration and founder of ecoboom.co.uk, "it is often used wrongly as a sexy term for refurbishing old furniture, a bit like 'pre-loved' instead of second-hand, or 'modern antique' rather than junk.
The sexy term of the day in American politics is "progress".
Is there such thing as a non-gross, or even kind of sexy term for a woman's vagina?
It's not a sexy term, and it doesn't elicit the sort of passionate reactions seen and heard at Tea Party rallies and on talk radio.
The second time, the audience was asked to do a mic check for the word "cunt" during the "Reclaiming Cunt" monologue, where the usage of the word cunt is preferred and encouraged to the more technical and less sexy term of vagina.
"Books that deal with Islam, western attitudes to Islam and Muslim attitudes towards the West are in publishing terms sexy", announces Robert Irwin, here to discuss his controversial book For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists and their Enemies.
Older women are at higher risk of being diagnosed; however, in 2001, it was reported that media representation of breast cancer is skewed towards younger women in their 20s or 30s, as they are seen as "more tragic" or "more sexy" in media terms.
I love the very term "sexy" because it covers such a range of possibilities: the mysterious condition that is chemistry, manifested in eye contact, the brush of a hand, caressing, kissing, and maybe -- down the line, love-making with a capital "L".
