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A dry hump is frustrating, that's what a dry hump is.
> "Hump" in this context is a euphemism for sexual intercourse, and a "dry
> hump" is similar to what the French call "frottage" - rubbing against
> another person in a simulation of sexual intercourse, but without
> penetration (and to my mind, usually at least partially clothed) and
> without reaching orgasm (hence the "dry" part of the expression).

Five points:

1. I would define "frottage" as 'the clandestine rubbing against
another person for sexual stimulation.' Period. Simulation of sexual
intercourse (coitus) is not an essential aspect of frottage, because
rubbing against hips, buttocks, breasts, arms, or any other body part is
common.

2. The _frotteur_ or "rubber" (normally a male) does it usually in a
tightly packed streetcar, subway, bus, train, or in any other public
place or vehicle where people are packed in like sardines. The rubbing
is done stealthily (i.e., not like the popular and public Italian
ass-grabbing [*]).

3. Frottage differs from dry humping in that the former is done
stealthily and without the approval or awareness of the rubbee, whereas
the latter is done by mutual consent, as a rule. Also, dry humping
normally simulates coitus, whereas frottage does not (see above).

4. Both acts commonly result in ejaculation by the frotteur and the
humper. The humpee (usually a female) may also experience orgasm,
depending on her horniness and/or physiological ability to climax
quickly.

5. "...without reaching orgasm (hence the 'dry' part of the
expression)" is definitely incorrect. The "dry" part of this term is
derived from the lack of inserting the phallus into a
moist-to-dripping-wet vagina; thus, the penis stays *dry*. Male orgasm
is most common, whether by overeager youngsters or premature
ejaculators.

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[*] Exacerbated by crowded trains, illegal grabbing of flesh also
abounds in Japan. Some 25 years ago, there was a poster campaign in
parks and dark alleys warning of _chikan_ ("sexual grabber") depicted
with a wolf's head. [From Dr. John Solt's article in _Maledicta_ VI
(1982), p. 77]

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