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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Afr J Reprod Health. 2007;11(3):221–235.
Moderator: When you say “hitting water,” what do you mean?
Participant: Hitting water” means having sex. We use this phrase to make sure parents and little ones don’t understand the sexual activities [we’re talking about]
Moderator: How did this come into usage?
Participant: When you reach the climax -
Participant: Ejaculation
Participant: Then, eh! Water - fwa! Ejaculated.
Moderator: We have many words that adolescents use instead of sex
Participants: Yes (chorus)
(males, urban, out-of-school, 15–19)