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Savage Love SL Letter of the Day: Is This Sofa Damp Or Is It Just Me?
Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:22 PM
In the recent George Clooney movie "Up In The Air," after a sexual encounter in a hotel room, the woman says to Clooney's character, "I like how you burrito-ed me in the sofa cushions." What does that mean? Is burritoing a girl something fun that I'm missing out on?Searching Online For Answers
I got nothin', SOFA. Sloggers? Anybody know? Any suggested definitions?
And for the record: while I saw the movie—and loved it—I don't remember this scene or this line. Maybe I blocked it out. I spend way too many nights in hotel rooms and I have a hard enough time touching television remotes and light switches without thinking about George Clooney's three-day-old spunk funkin' up the sofa cushions.
1
well, Urban Dictionary says the following:
"The skill of being a dumbass and smarting off to a kid eating a chili and cheese burrito, then having the kid throw that burrito at you and having it explode on your back and go all over you and your truck. "
does that work? Kinda?
"The skill of being a dumbass and smarting off to a kid eating a chili and cheese burrito, then having the kid throw that burrito at you and having it explode on your back and go all over you and your truck. "
does that work? Kinda?
2
I kinda see how you could taco someone into the cushions... but burrito?.. stick to what you know Los Angeles.
3
in all honestly though... its probably just how he fucked her so good she was pushed in between the cushions thus "burrito-ed."
Sandwich'd would have worked so much better.
Sandwich'd would have worked so much better.
5
In this context maybe "burrito" as a verb means wrapping the person in the cushion so that they are the "filling" of the burrito, and then doing . . . something. The cushions would have to be long and flexible, not made of leather and not wrapped in grandma's couch cushion plastic. I think that would work, though it doesn't sound very alluring. But George Clooney could pull it off.
7
I always thought uncircumcised cocks look like burritos. that's what I immediately assumed she was referring to. A good fucking with an uncircumcised cock. of course, they don't look so much like burritos when hard.
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To be "burrito-ed" on facebook (http://eu-es.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=…)
Maybe, they were multi-tasking, burning the calories as they were consuming them?
Maybe, they were multi-tasking, burning the calories as they were consuming them?
12
There's so much I want to know, and don't want to know, about how other people live in hotel rooms and how rooms are sanitized (or not) after their departure... ever since I was about 12 and my grandmother primly informed me, after I had run into our hotel room and jumped on one of the beds, that people sometimes "sat" on the bedspreads "with their bare bottoms."
I usually accordion-fold the bedspread to the foot of the bed first thing, but can't help wondering about the blanket, pillows, mattress pad, etc. I want them all to be autoclaved, but realize they're not, and usually just sigh and try to relax. Since I usually travel alone, I just cover the chairs and couch (which quite often have greasy stains) with extra towels.
I usually accordion-fold the bedspread to the foot of the bed first thing, but can't help wondering about the blanket, pillows, mattress pad, etc. I want them all to be autoclaved, but realize they're not, and usually just sigh and try to relax. Since I usually travel alone, I just cover the chairs and couch (which quite often have greasy stains) with extra towels.
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@12,
I once stayed in a motel in Georgia that had obvious puke stains on the sheets. Fortunately, I hadn't planned on staying in a motel at all, so I had a sleeping bag with me.
I once stayed in a motel in Georgia that had obvious puke stains on the sheets. Fortunately, I hadn't planned on staying in a motel at all, so I had a sleeping bag with me.
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@14,
I once stayed at a hotel in detroit (some chain but i don't remember which) with hair all over the sheets... a bag of half-eaten mcdonalds hidden behind the door... and a camera in the bathroom. (wtf??!!) i'm having a hard time remembering why i stayed, but suffice it to say that i slept in my clothes and stank the next day.
I once stayed at a hotel in detroit (some chain but i don't remember which) with hair all over the sheets... a bag of half-eaten mcdonalds hidden behind the door... and a camera in the bathroom. (wtf??!!) i'm having a hard time remembering why i stayed, but suffice it to say that i slept in my clothes and stank the next day.
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@12, @14
I stayed in a Marriott once and found (nosebleed?) blood on the sheets...truly horrifying
I stayed in a Marriott once and found (nosebleed?) blood on the sheets...truly horrifying
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I once stayed in a hotel room in Dublin on a school trip with a bunch of other teenagers.... we were moving the beds around (I can't remember why) and underneath one of them was a cucumber and a bottle of lube.
18
Well, now y'all are making me feel terrible about what I did with my guy this past weekend at a Chicago hotel.
19
i once got a running start and swiped my bare ass off the top of two of my friends' heads while they sitting on the couch in one fell swoop. i ran away with haste and my ass still hanging out and called it "THE BURRITO SMEAR". hope this helps
21
When I have to wrap a cat in a towel to force medication into him, I call that burrito-ing the cat.
22
The technical definition of "burrito" in this context is "random word used in a sexual context to make moviegoers rush home to Google it to find out what the hell it means". I bet this crashed Chipotle's website opening weekend.
23
Well, now that burrito-ing is out there, I'm going to have to try to figure out how one would go about chimichanga-ing someone.
24
As a wee lass, my mother always insisted on bringing our own bedding when staying at a motel because they wash the sheets (or are supposed to) but not the bed spread. It's a tradition that's kept me free of lice and bedbugs and other nasties, thankyouverymuch.
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Doing jack shit about cleanliness, and not being such a neurotic worrywart is a tradition that's kept me free of lice and bedbegs and other nasties, thankyouverymuch. And I've stayed in a lot of hotels.
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@23, I assume it's like most Tex-Mex food, all the same ingredients, just in a different configuration.
27
When my mom tucked me in when I was little, she used to wrap the covers around me really tightly and would say "BURRITO BURRITO BURRITO" while she did that, making me look like a little burrito. Aww.
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@27 same here, only I did it to my little sister. I'd toss a pillow in there to, I guess to represent beans or something.
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I haven't seen the movie, but is it possible that she said "buried," but it sounded like "burrito'd?"
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@21
I do the same thing to my cat and also call it burrito-ing the cat. Interesting-- an example of linguistic polygenesis. I'll bet a lot of other people say the same thing.
I do the same thing to my cat and also call it burrito-ing the cat. Interesting-- an example of linguistic polygenesis. I'll bet a lot of other people say the same thing.
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@21
I used to prep rats for psychological experiments and that was the same way I did subcutaneous injections. We called it the "burrito method" (as opposed to the "dizzy method" where we spun the rats around a few times before giving the shot). Weird...
I used to prep rats for psychological experiments and that was the same way I did subcutaneous injections. We called it the "burrito method" (as opposed to the "dizzy method" where we spun the rats around a few times before giving the shot). Weird...
34
I can't see how this figurative language in any way fits what one might do with sofa cushions. Anyway, who cares - it's George Clooney!!
37
Hmm...burrito sounds like something along the lines of the Alabama Hot Pocket (see Urban Dictionary). Perhaps Dan should take a poll among the readers for its meaning, like "santorum" or "saddlebacking."
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@25 . . . I love you. I stay in hotels all the time, and I simply can't be arsed to worry that I'm sitting on something that someone's ass-cheeks once touched. My ass cheeks have touched so many things, if I assume everyone's as frequently naked and frivolous as me, I'd never touch anything again with such a phobia. And yes, I do know about bedbugs and chiggers and whatnot, but you can only worry about so many things. I've traveled all over the world for the past 30+ years, stayed in extremely dodgy youth hostels, and stayed critter-free so far. I once dated a guy who put on a latex glove before he'd touch the remote in a hotel room. I took photos because I couldn't believe anyone would be so fussy.
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She definitely said "burrito-ed". I've urban-dictionaried it, googled it, whatever... Can't come up with any kind of a specific definition. I think it would be a good candidate for another reader poll, ala "saddlebacking"...
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"Bellinghamster" may have hit it on the, uhm, head: "A burrito is a little donkey. The food is named such because it looks like a donkey's cock!" Alex may be implying that Ryan is "hung like a donkey" - although her reference to "in" the sofa cushions leaves room for doubt....
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Who are you guys, Americans??? "...burritoed me" means she was fucked really good, wedged into the cushions, with her toes behind her ears.
...come to Europe!
...come to Europe!
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