What Is Benching

[maureenirl]

hi
in teenage speak what does it mean when a lad benches a girl. following on from shifting her. i'm guessing a shift is just a kiss.

[Bathsheba]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=benching

[fiction-factory]

Can also be a term for rape

[Elina]

Has he shifted her on to another bench Maureen. What happened to romance ... eye contact .. butterflies .. :0?

[Elina]

Omg!

[Sqad]

Perhaps an educated guess........

It is in Relationship and Dating

Teenage lingo

Nothing to do with watching or photographing graffiti on Freight trains.

Any ideas?

[sandyRoe]

Could it be the modern equivalent of the hurly-burly of the chaise-longue?

[Bathsheba]

Lol Sandy! :-) x x

[Buenchico]

The Irish part of your username (Maureen) and your questions relating to 'IMOS' (which, I assume, is the Irish Mail on Sunday) suggest that you might be in the Emerald Isle, which appears to have its own distinctive slang when it comes to dating. (i.e. you might find that most people here haven't encountered the terms you refer to).

'Shifting' seems to be explained here:
http://dating.about.com/od/glossarywords1/fl/What-Does-Shifting-Mean-in-Irish-Dating-Slang.htm

Unfortunately I'm unable to find a corresponding page for 'benching'. Sorry!

[Bathsheba]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shifting

[Sqad]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Benched

[Calibax]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bench
Def.7

[maureenirl]

yes i'd lean more towards chaise longer activities than freight trains

[maureenirl]

yes i'd lean more towards chaise longer activities than freight trains

[Retrochic]

shifting = shafting?

[smurfchops]

And who said romance was dead?

[eanceoil]

I'm in the Emerald Isle Chris, have a few youngsters in the house around me at moment, just put this to them and I got a shrug, they've not a clue what benching is, closest to it seems to be SandyRoe

[fiction-factory]

I'd go with the 'definition' Calibax found

[trt]

Could it be having a bit of the other on a park bench?

[northcliffe]

benching means laying her down...
shifting looks like a misprint for shafting"

[ummmm]

They say 'shift' in Ireland