Whatever happened to ‘having it off’ as a euphemism for sexual intercourse?
As a child there was nothing more guaranteed to induce fits of uncontrollable sniggering than someone using the phrase, especially innocently.
The phrase “I’m having next Friday off” would induce life-threatening sniggering fits.
Now I can’t remember the last time I heard anyone use it, on radio, TV or In Real Life.
Maybe it was just a phrase used by kids in the 1970s. Maybe, like daps, it was just a North Somerset thing.
It’s still used in my household. Often in a slightly wistful context these days.