Get it on

Vega · Post by **Vega** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:58 pm

Hi.

I saw an advertisement of perfume where were written 'Get it on'. Does anyone know the meaning of the phrase? Could anyone write any simple sentece with it?

Thank you in advance!

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:24 pm

Just out of curiosity, what perfume brand was it?

Vega · Post by **Vega** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:52 pm

I saw it in a barber-shop and I don't remember exactly the brand. I'll tell you next time..

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:33 pm

Xkalibur wrote:Hi.

I saw an advertisement of perfume where were written 'Get it on'. Does anyone know the meaning of the phrase? Could anyone write any simple sentece with it?

Thank you in advance!

Sexually attractive that you wanted to get your "freak" on. Get it on!

weibing · Post by **weibing** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:58 pm

'Get it on' means 'to have sex'.

e.g.

Did you get it on with her?

Just FYI!

Janette · Post by **Janette** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:15 am

He (she?) is correct. "Get it on" is slang for having sex. It can also be slang for having a fight. Americans are very strange :D

Because it was a perfume, I think they meant the ad like a double-meaning joke.

"Get it on" (put on the purfume) and also "get it on" (have sex).

The ad is saying the perfume will make you desirable. It is probably not true. It probably smells like cat stink. All the "sexy" perfumes smell like cat stink!

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:21 am

I remember there was a Spice Girls song where they said "get it on" and I thought they were talking about a condom, you know, get it on.

Was that right? Does the expression "get it on" refer basically to put on the condom?

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:52 pm

Janette wrote:He (she?) is correct. "Get it on" is slang for having sex. It can also be slang for having a fight. Americans are very strange :D

Americans are more likely to say bring it on than get it on when they wanted a challenge to me. I haven't heard anyone say get it on when they wanted to fight. Maybe wresting in bed.

riverclarin · Post by **riverclarin** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:37 pm

Dixie wrote:I remember there was a Spice Girls song where they said "get it on" and I thought they were talking about a condom, you know, get it on.

Was that right? Does the expression "get it on" refer basically to put on the condom?

I doubt it! By the way, "Get it on" seems to be an American-only catch-phrase. It's not common in Ireland (or in England I think).

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:24 pm

riverclarin wrote: I doubt it! By the way, "Get it on" seems to be an American-only catch-phrase. It's not common in Ireland (or in England I think).

This is a fragment of the song:

Come a little bit closer baby, get it on, get it on
'Cause tonight is the night when two become one

What does get it on mean here?

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:02 pm

Telling the other person to get the freak on; to have intimacy. "two become one tonight"

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:27 pm

LennyeTran wrote:Telling the other person to get the freak on; to have intimacy. "two become one tonight"

Well the reason I always thought it meant to put the condom on is because I saw it translated in a magazine like 10 years ago (during the Spice Girls time

) and they translated it into Spanish as "pónselo", giving this meaning to the song. I never questioned it and always assumed that's what it meant.

So it was a mistake?

Vega · Post by **Vega** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:16 am

LennyeTran wrote:Americans are more likely to say bring it on than get it on when they wanted a challenge to me.

riverclarin wrote:I doubt it! By the way, "Get it on" seems to be an American-only catch-phrase. It's not common in Ireland (or in England I think).

Welcome!:) ...What is the common phrase in Ireland then?..(you can ignore the question)

Anyway I'm not used to say that to someone. I rarely use slang. :?

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:31 pm

Dixie wrote:
LennyeTran wrote:Telling the other person to get the freak on; to have intimacy. "two become one tonight"
Well the reason I always thought it meant to put the condom on is because I saw it translated in a magazine like 10 years ago (during the Spice Girls time ) and they translated it into Spanish as "pónselo", giving this meaning to the song. I never questioned it and always assumed that's what it meant. So it was a mistake?

Well, I think they were using the phrase get it on as in a way of saying putting the condom on (put= get). The original meaning is get your freak on to have intimacy and while you're doing it, be safe and get (=put) your condom on to protect yourself. Two birds with one stone, ya know.

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:45 pm

I see... a bit confusing though... Thanks Len!

Hardi · Post by **Hardi** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:54 pm

[off topic]If there's any topic related in anything about sex,, then there's certainly at least 2 people who surely celebrate in it.. with in own elfishness. Dixie and Lennye..[/offtopic]

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:54 pm

Sorry I'm not an English teacher to explain it in a way that makes sense. That's how I understand it and know how to explain, ya know (I'm quite clumsy with words). You need to ask Butler. He'll make it more clearly.

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:55 pm

Hardi wrote:[off topic]If there's any topic related in anything about sex,, then there's certainly at least 2 people who surely celebrate in it.. with in own elfishness. Dixie and Lennye..[/offtopic]

pbbbtttssss... you like it, don't you?

Hardi · Post by **Hardi** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:28 pm

Actually I don't. I don't like, if others show out with own great knowledge about things where I'm total rookie.

Well seriously it's frightening me.

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:08 am

Hardi wrote:[off topic]If there's any topic related in anything about sex,, then there's certainly at least 2 people who surely celebrate in it.. with in own elfishness. Dixie and Lennye..[/offtopic]

Sorry I was going to answer something funny but then I noticed this word... Elfishness...

Hardi · Post by **Hardi** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:43 am

Dixie wrote:
Hardi wrote:[off topic]If there's any topic related in anything about sex,, then there's certainly at least 2 people who surely celebrate in it.. with in own elfishness. Dixie and Lennye..[/offtopic]
Sorry I was going to answer something funny but then I noticed this word... Elfishness...

So you give up because did not find anything enough funny to beat me.

I always like to use new words I have found, in unusual way. To see what I can do with them.

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:05 am

Well I congratulate you Hardi on being such an inspired person and making up new words to refer to me and Lennye, instead of using educated words since it looks like education is not one of your virtues.

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Vega · Post by **Vega** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:31 am

Dixie wrote:Sorry I was going to answer something funny but then I noticed this word... Elfishness...

More likely he meant 'Selfishness'.

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:40 am

I know what he meant. I was just joking with his mistake and the word elf. :D

Hardi · Post by **Hardi** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:42 am

Dixie wrote:Well I congratulate you Hardi on being such an inspired person and making up new words to refer to me and Lennye, instead of using educated words since it looks like education is not one of your virtues.

http://www.the-reel-mccoy.com/movies/20 ... poster.jpg

I'm educated to know what elf is. But you're really uneducated to post url correctly.. educated peoples at lest check if their posted url's working

By the way I did not make up new word. it was in dictionary, beside of frolicky jocund puckishly wanton.... so I supose they are synonyms, but since I were to lazy to search exact definition of them all, I chosed the one I was able to understand.. what it could mean.

Dixie · Post by **Dixie** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:47 am

Dixie wrote:Well I congratulate you Hardi on being such an inspired person and making up new words to refer to me and Lennye, instead of using educated words since it looks like education is not one of your virtues.

elf

My URL was posted correctly. Check your computer.

Come on Hardi get it on!!!

Hardi · Post by **Hardi** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:38 am

Your url is not posted correctly.

this is what you posted elf

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[url=http://www.the-reel-mccoy.com/movies/2003/images/Elf_poster.jpg[/url]elf[/url]

and this is how it suposed to be. elf

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[url=http://www.the-reel-mccoy.com/movies/2003/images/Elf_poster.jpg]elf[/url]

weibing · Post by **weibing** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:22 am

To three or four who are arguing or joking here:

I just came back from my this year's vacation and immediately saw all you said about this topic.

I wonder if this forum is supposed to be a chat room. What i mean is i like the way you reply to one another. It's fun!

Bambang · Post by **Bambang** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:16 pm

Dear all

Get it on means "mainkan" in Indonesian.

“Mainkan” is a slang too in Indonesian.

Usually "mainkan/get it on" is preceded by "Ayo/Let's".

It could be either an invitation or an order

To make it clear, take a look at the meanings below.

1. (Let's) get it on = (Let's) have sex ---> an invitation.
For example: a husband to wife.

2. (Let's) get it on = (Let’s) kick ass ---> an order.
For example: a volley ball coach to the players to cheer the players up. It's also used by a referee in a fight.

Perhaps, some of you once watched The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), a fight where the rules are no rules (Actually there are 2 rules in this fight namely don't scratch eyes and don't hit penis. So, the fighters can hit any parts of the body except eyes and penis). They can even pull the hair of their rival, and so on.

When the first time it was introduced, there was no time limit in the fight. The fight would end after one of the fighters give up/tap out or the referee stops the fight due to the severe damaged condition to one of the fighters.

I want to explain more actually, but psychologically speaking you might not be interested. But what I want to say is: one of the referees always says "Let's get it on" to ask the fighters to fight soon.

This statement (let's get it on) used to be used by children in my neighborhood when they were playing together. They used to say this expression even though they didn't know the meaning. They just copied from the referee. This program has been stopped here as “Smackdown” or “WWF”. The later has given very bad influence to our children. There were about 6 kids died after they copied the scene in WWF.

Universally speaking, the referee is one of the legendary referees in the UFC. I also admire him. While he was leading the fight, most of us would say “(Let’s) get it on” to express how excited we were or to support one of the fighters.

But “(let’s) get in on” is rarely used in formal English.

Regarding to the perfume ad, I think it means (let’s) use it then you’ll feel excited.
(Let’s get it on) here is an invitation to use the perfume. It’s not an order.

Marketingly speaking, I think this expression is not suitable for the products of perfume.

Supernaturally speaking, this ad is suitable for condoms, boxing gloves, cheerleader accessories, underwear, and Viagra pills.

weibing · Post by **weibing** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:49 pm

Ha, Yes, you got it! It's really sex-related!

Krisi · Post by **Krisi** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:45 am

never knew!

Igorek · Post by **Igorek** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:47 pm

I found some Examples of "get it up":
1)He was getting it on (admiring) in front of the painting of some unknown artist.
2)Time to go back to work. Let's get it on(start).
3)He wanted to get it on (in this case means to dance) but my feet hurt.
4)I can really get it on (be in ecstasies) with that slow jazz.
5)I gon't want to get it on (have sex) with you.

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