{"id":6359,"date":"2026-06-22T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/love-island-usa-new-code-word-french-fries-explained\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:36:11","slug":"love-island-usa-new-code-word-french-fries-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/love-island-usa-new-code-word-french-fries-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Love Island USA&#8217; new code word &#8216;french fries&#8217; explained\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2Ffrench-fries.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>French fries are the snack of choice on <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/love-island-usa-recap-first-impressions-of-5-couples-shocking-bombshells-and-wild-challenges-vrt-unpacks-season-8-premiere\/\">\u201cLove Island USA\u201d Season 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you\u2019ve watched the latest \u201cLove Island USA\u2019 episode.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The contestants have been using \u201cFrench fries\u201d as a code word for sex during their time in Fiji, which was evident after<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/03\/entertainment\/love-island-usa-star-kenzie-annis-draws-comparisons-to-sydney-sweeneys-euphoria-character\/\"> Kenzie Annis<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Corbin Mims hooked up on Sunday\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n<p>Trinity Tatum called out Annis, 24, for doing \u201cfrench fries,\u201d which she said sounded \u201ctoo wet\u201d to just be \u201ckissing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a confessional, Annis owned up to her risqu\u00e9 behavior.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cLove Island USA\u201d Season 8 cast has been saying \u201cFrench fries\u201d as a code word for sex (Cast member Kenzie Annis is pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/Peacock via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Trinity Tatum called out Annis for doing \u201cFrench Fries\u201d with Corbin Mims (seen above) on Sunday\u2019s episode. <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/Peacock via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI was definitely getting some French fries,\u201d she shared. \u201cFeeling good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Annis also confessed, \u201cWe were probably doing a bit much, honestly, but I feel a strong connection with Corbin. We probably got a little bit carried away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Narrator Iain Stirling\u00a0then chimed in about the strange code word.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello, I am Mystic Iain, and I foresee that in approximately 30 seconds, millions of Americans will Google \u2018French fries sex?&#8217;\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Annis admitted in a confessional that she was \u201cdefinitely getting some French fries.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/Peacock via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cWe probably got a little bit carried away,\u201d Annis (seen above on the show with other islanders) shared. <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZ3p24ipc_O\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=ALhFeKYqPQytgwAgvQdms16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> another scene<\/a>, Annis suggested Tatum, 22, should engage in \u201cFrench fries\u201d as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was one little French fry,\u201d Tatum said, as the camera flashed to Bryce Alakai Dettloff sitting nearby alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was good, but we didn\u2019t really do anything,\u201d Tatum continued. \u201cIt was just a quick little just to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Annis asked her fellow islander if she\u2019s \u201cbeen touching it,\u201d Tatum replied. \u201cI\u2019ve seen it. It\u2019s cute.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tatum (seen above) told some of the other girls she did \u201cone little French fry\u201d with Bryce Alakai Dettloff. <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/PEACOCK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cIt was good,\u201d Tatum said, \u201cbut we didn\u2019t really do anything\u201d (Dettloff and Tatum are pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">Peacock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On social media, some fans clocked the meaning of \u201cFrench fries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho the f\u2013k made up the french fries inside sex code word? And more importantly\u2026 why???\u201d one fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_iamjamila\/status\/2068873136565629409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cjust realizing what french fries means,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/b1gbarb1e\/status\/2068864603887395004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another fan tweeted<\/a> alongside a gif of NeNe Leakes holding her sunglasses in distress. <\/p>\n<p>But other viewers needed the internet\u2019s help to decode the phrase. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWHAAT THE HELL IS A FRENCH FRY????? these young hos are too freaked out for me,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/livingbrutallyy\/status\/2068862952531226989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fan said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Fans of the show discussed the \u201cFrench fries\u201d code word on social media after Sunday\u2019s episode aired. <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Some fans clocked the meaning of the phrase, while others needed the internet\u2019s help to figure it out (The \u201cLove Island\u201d Season 8 cast is seen above). <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OBRlENSFlLMS\/status\/2068859593246031923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Someone else tweeted<\/a>, \u201cyall what the f\u2013k is french fries supposed to mean. i tried looking it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChile I hadda ask the young ppl what getting French fries means lmaooo,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iH8Meccavellii\/status\/2068869534396657726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">different viewer wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time the islanders have used a code word for sex. <\/p>\n<p>Last season, the cast would say \u201cjourney\u201d to address the sexual encounters they were having on the reality show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Last season, the islanders used \u201cjourney\u201d as their code word for sex (Season 8 contestants are pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/Peacock via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cLove Island USA\u201d Season 8 is airing until the middle of July (Tatum and Dettloff are pictured above with other contestants). <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe had a code name for intimacy,\u201d\u00a0Season 7 star Hannah Fields <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/love-island-usas-hannah-reveals-islanders-code-word-for-talking-about-sex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told US Weekly<\/a> last June. \u201cWe would say, \u2018How was your journey? What was this journey like?\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Fields claimed Huda Mustafa started the code word when she told other islanders her \u201cjourney went all the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove Island USA\u201d airs every day except Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/22\/entertainment\/love-island-usa-new-code-word-french-fries-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French fries are the snack of choice on \u201cLove Island USA\u201d Season 8. 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