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About a year or so ago, my girlfriends and I had a random debate about the use of the phrase “sexy time” as a substitute for saying you’re getting it on. I’m not even sure how it came up, but one of my friends mentioned that she absolutely hated it because she felt it was infantilizing. I believe the exact words in her conclusion were, “sexy time is not sexy” lol. I disagreed and said that it’s simple, self-descriptive, and way better than saying “bumping uglies” or any other outdated reference.

I think Zoe Saldana would be on my side of the debate. In fact, she uses the phrase herself! Zoe and her husband Marco Perego-Saldana recently appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show. Drew asked them about their feelings on nude bowling (actual bowling while naked). Marco responded by saying that they prefer to “play Legos naked” instead. “Playing Legos naked,” is of course, their go-time code phrase for getting busy whenever their three boys, twins Cy and Bowie, nine, and Zen, seven, are around.

Zoe Saldaña thinks she found a marvelous way to talk about sex around her kids.

In fact, the Guardians of the Galaxy star and her husband Marco Perego-Saldaña developed a code word to use whenever their kids—twin boys Cy Aridio and Bowie Ezio, 9, and son Zen Anton Hilario, 7—are within earshot to let each other know that they’re in the mood.

“We ‘play Legos naked,’” Marco revealed during the couple’s joint appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show April 3, prompting Zoe to clarify that the term means “sexy time.”

However, as the Avatar actress noted, their older boys have seemed to caught onto the lingo.

“They were like, ‘Are you guys kissing? Are you guys gonna go play naked with your Legos?’” Zoe recounted. “And we’re like, ‘No, we’re not going to do that.’”

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All this talk about playing naked Legos inspired me to look up other euphemisms. The worst two I found were “slamming the clam” and “taking the hot dog bus to taco town,” while “tickle the pickle” made me snort-laugh. Mr. Rosie, some friends, and I used to jokingly call it “cleaning the gutters,” which was inspired by Justin Therox’s character in The Leftovers saying that he was cleaning the gutters when everyone disappeared while flashbacks revealed that he was actually busy playing Legos naked. Oh, and I will never not associate “afternoon delight” with Arrested Development.

But yeah, LMAO, it’s definitely time for Zoe and Marco to come up with a new code word or phrase, probably one that doesn’t involve the word naked. Or Legos. If you really want to go undetected, it’s always best to pick something mundane. Anyone have any fun code word suggestions? They could also use the ole tried-and-true method in my house which is to ask if it’s “TV time” for the kids and then take advantage of them zoning out and not paying a bit of attention to where mommy and daddy disappeared to. Kids will never question being allowed to watch TV.

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Zoe Saldana stars in Avatar: The Way of Water, which my son saw in the theater. He wants me to see it because he loved it, but I feel like three hours is too much to ask of my time, you know? If your movie is under two hours I’m much more likely to buy a ticket, otherwise it’s streaming for me. Zoe was in vintage Fendi and while she looks washed out in photos and this looks kind of wrinkly, I liked it on camera. I thought this was unique and pretty for a red carpet gown and I loved the detail on it.

Check out this up close photo, it’s beautiful, right? Her husband Marco Perego is also beautiful.

Zoe’s co-presenter and costar, Sigourney Weaver, was in Givenchy. Sigourney told Laverne Cox that the gown was furry and had her feel it! Sigourney has three Academy Award nominations (Aliens, Gorillas in the Mist, Working Girl) and no wins. That needs to change.

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Sofia Carson sang Applause, by Diane Warren from the movie Tell it Like a Woman, at the Oscars. This was Warren’s 14th nomination without a win! Warren did get an honorary Oscar though and she seemed really happy about that in her E! red carpet interview. I liked Sofia’s performance gown, which was Valentino, better than her red carpet gown, an oddly cut white Giambattista Valli. It’s giving her Barbie proportions.

Sandra Oh was also in Giambattista Valli, in a gown which would have been perfectly lovely in so many other colors. What is she thinking?

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Giambattista Valli also did Allison Williams’ gown. This was a whole pink ruffle sequin feather mess.

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Looking so much sleeker and classier in pink was Hong Chau in Prada. Hong said that she asked Prada to add the Mandarin collar to her gown. I like the black tassel train on this and think she looks beautiful, I just wonder how this perfect look was achieved. Did she take a van over from the hotel and not sit down on the way? There is not a single crease in this gown.

Harry Shum Jr. was in Adean, which typically makes womenswear but they made an exception for him. He is just gorgeous. I kept staring at him on the red carpet.

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