Jenny Wren
Public Interest: #sextou DOES NOT mean "SEX TO YOU" (not for Brazilians)

I saw that the hashtag "#sextou" was trending, yesterday and I immediately thought that was weird.


Why did I think it was weird? 


Because it was Tuesday. "#Sextou" was originally an adaptation brazilians made with the word "sexta-feira", which means "friday". We added something like a verbal sufix (-tou) to create an informal verb with the word "sexta" (friday). Hence, if you see "sextou!" or "Partiu! #sextou" with a normal picture it means that the person is ready to enjoy his/her friday night and his/her weekend.


Back to yesterday, I thought "well, we do have a national holliday coming this friday. Maybe people are celebrating an early #sextou."


Well, I was wrong.


So, if you see an innocent photo with the tag #sextou, don't embarrass yourself making disrespectful comments (that is happening with some of my friends).

We are not inviting you for sex.

Don't be a pathetic and rude idiot.


Thank you. You're welcome.

2018年9月5日 13:11
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I never thought of it that way, but it makes sense .... I find it very funny ... and my friends in Ireland have never said anything about it hahahahahahah
2018年9月5日
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I was just saying to another brazilian Italki user that it took me a few seconds to realize what was going on with the words. At first, I laughed hard because it is a funny turn of events. I just went mad when I found out that many people were leaving tons of disrespectful comments (some of my friends even had to close their accounts in order to delete the tags) in pics that clearly had no sex content in it.
2018年9月6日