Young Sheldon Explains Why Sheldon Used The Most Unromantic Word For Sex
It's only natural that Sheldon would take something simple and turn it into something cringeworthy.
When The Big Bang Theory first premiered in 2007 we all met the probably weirdest sitcom characters of all time.
The pilot introduced us to four friends, Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj, who all happened to be scientists. Which ultimately makes them nerdy and even creepy in some ways.
Of course, over the years, almost all of them changed a lot and became decent people with great careers and even families (sorry, Raj), but they still managed to keep some of their quirks until the end.
Needless to say, the one who sticks to his past behavior would be the show's main weirdo, Sheldon Cooper. With his bathing schedule and the special use of words that only he finds great and satisfying.
Well, speaking of words, there was one particular one that kept all the fans, as long as the characters themselves, uncomfortable for all these years. But recently, The Big Bang Theory spin-off Young Sheldon explained it all in one episode.
The thing is, Sheldon used to refer to something as natural as sex with the more scientific word "coitus." Which, of course, only caused as many "ew's" as it could possibly have.
But how would he ever land on this word? Well, Young Sheldon gives an answer.
In season 5 episode 6, Missy happened to be really interested in "adult things," so she began to ask Pastor Rob all of these uncomfortable questions.
After the disastrous evening, Mary has decided that it's time for her to give Missy and Sheldon the talk about sex.
As adult Sheldon tells in narration, the sex topic was some kind of a taboo, and always caused some sort of chaos.
"The word "sex" provokes an uncomfortable reaction. I thought 'fornicate' might work, but that seemed too judgy. Then I found the perfect word, a word so bland and clinical that it would be impossible to take offense to it," he said in the show.
So that brave decision to make everybody feel less awkward when talking about sex actually brought "coitus" to the show. Well, assignment failed successfully, we guess…