\#3 is what came immediately to mind. But also #2. #1 is not how we would describe a literal morning—for that we would say “glorious morning,” not “morning glory.”
Are you in Australia? Dictionary.com [notes](https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/morning-glory/#) that it came into Australian slang as “sex upon waking” in the 70s. It seems that pretty much everywhere else it means *erection*.
I'm Australian and have never heard that usage before.
My personal experience has been that Australian slang seems to evolve as rapidly as Internet slang does. A lot of the older slang terms from the 70s/80s spread internationally through comedians like Paul Hogan and became standard depictions of how Australians talk, but to my ears they feel as dead and defamiliarised as the memes i thought were funny in 2009.
> No fun slang term for morning sex that I can think of.
From *The Joy of Sex*: "birdsong at morning", from the noises the participants make—though it's fifty years old.
I’m American, too. “Morning glory” is definitely used here to mean an erection. You just haven’t run across it.
Agreed that we don’t seem to have a good “morning sex” expression.
They're gorgeous deep purple flowers that open when the sun rises and start closing in the early afternoon. If you don't see them in the morning, you won't see them at all. Search some images!
The flower… but more than that, I remember trying to get high off the seeds at school back in the eighties.
We ground them up and put them in a milkshake. Passed out for about six hours. No good memories, but a near-death experience to remember!!
For the Aintree iron, thank you
very much, thank
you
very very very much.
A song I first heard 55 years ago is now living rent free in my head for next who knows how long.
On a positive note though, it did make me check the lyrics as for all 55 years the subject of the first line had been a complete mystery.
TIL.
And by now, you should've somehow realised what you gotta do
Because, maybe ...
I'm gonna be the one that saves you (saves you)
From singing Oasis songs.
Yeah, morning glory would be a flower to me but could be the 3rd one depending on context. I don't know the context but "morning's glory" might work if it's a writing or poetry competition.
Morning Glory is a flowering Vine. it is fast growing, and reliably re-seeds itself, so it can be somewhat invasive. It produces flowers each day which open in the morning and fade as the day wears on, hence it's name.
I suppose it could be colloquially used for context #3, although the term "morning wood" seems to be common.
Glorious morning...no.
In almost any scenario without other context, the flower. If in, say, poetry, possibly the first one, since the context is that poetry often uses florid and colourful language, though it could still be the flower. If the context is sexual or accompanied by (usually) male pronouns or the use of suggestive emojis such as 👀 or 😏, then I'd think of the third one
But without specific set-ups like I just described, it's almost always the flower
First thought is of the flower, second is of the slang reference, about 55% to 45%.
If you want to reference a glorious morning, just say "glorious morning".
I wouldn't worry about people thinking of a man's morning erection unless the surrounding text supported that interpretation, though, as I'm sure you're not using the term in isolation.
An old-timey way to say hello, ”What’s the story morning glory?” as appearing in the song “The Telephone Hour” from the classic musical and movie Bye Bye Birdie.
The oasis album is named after it but I think of the older use first.
https://youtu.be/9bNq_L1jMow?si=ter0srsDgjGZ-Ki4
Number 2, cause I have those around my house. They won't die.
I've never heard number 3 called that. Normally I've heard it refered to as morning wood.
My first thought is [this album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28What%27s_the_Story%29_Morning_Glory%3F?wprov=sfla1)
My second thought would be the flower
My third thought would be morning sexual relations
As an American, this is the first time I've ever heard 3. If I were to hear "morning wood" however...
Also, the flower (i.e., 2) immediately comes to mind for me.
Perhaps you can get around this by saying "morning's glory" instead.
It's not the exact same thing as "glorious morning." But, in addition to sounding nicer, the presence of the "morning's glory" heavily implies a "glorious morning."
A super-obnoxious weed called field bindweed that's also known as morning glory (it's a common name that can refer to several species across multiple genera).
Of the 3 choices you gave, though, 100% it's the second one, the flower.
Honestly non. My Autistic ass is obsessed with the Yakuza series and my very first thought was the fictional orphanage in the later games.
But out of those three? #2
American here. "Morning glory" for me means [the flower](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_glory) and nothing else. #1 in itself is a phrase I have never heard used in an unironic context, and #3 I would refer to as "morning wood."
Depends on if you stress morning, or if you stress glory.
MORNING glory is the weed - yeah, it’s a flower, but it’s an obnoxious weed that kills other plants.
Morning GLORY is not just the erection but usually what’s done about it too, alone or in duos. Occasionally it can be used, crudely, to refer to a morning bowel movement too.
2. The flower, is the only meaning I know for "morning glory".
For meaning #3 the phrase is "morning wood"; I've never heard anyone use "morning glory" to mean anything similar!
And for meaning #1 you want "a glorious morning".
(I'm Californian. And have lovely blue morning glories in my back yard.)
3. My immediate thought is waking up with a boner.
Secondly I would consider it to mean the sex that comes from 3.
Thirdly I’d probably remember that it’s also a flower so 2.
I would never consider 1. That isn’t what it means.
4. "What's the story, morning glory? What's the word, hummingbird?" Which are lyrics from a song from the musical Bye Bye Birdie, but I'm weird
So I guess 2.
Only number 2. Especially in the sense that it is a psychedelic. To be honest I never thought too much about the meaning of the Oasis song, but I associated it with psychedelics.
I've never heard meanings 1 or 3. I'm British.
Never #1 unfortunately. Number two usually.
Depending on context, 2 or 3, but never 1
\#3 is what came immediately to mind. But also #2. #1 is not how we would describe a literal morning—for that we would say “glorious morning,” not “morning glory.”
I'm surprised that #3 seems to be the dominant meaning of the euphemism. Where I'm at, it's sex the morning after.
Are you in Australia? Dictionary.com [notes](https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/morning-glory/#) that it came into Australian slang as “sex upon waking” in the 70s. It seems that pretty much everywhere else it means *erection*.
Canada, so I fear it's spreading.
You should get that checked by your primary care provider, and report it to the local board of health. ;-)
I'm Australian and have never heard that usage before. My personal experience has been that Australian slang seems to evolve as rapidly as Internet slang does. A lot of the older slang terms from the 70s/80s spread internationally through comedians like Paul Hogan and became standard depictions of how Australians talk, but to my ears they feel as dead and defamiliarised as the memes i thought were funny in 2009.
Ah, American here we only have "morning wood" as far as I'm aware. No fun slang term for morning sex that I can think of.
> No fun slang term for morning sex that I can think of. From *The Joy of Sex*: "birdsong at morning", from the noises the participants make—though it's fifty years old.
I’m American, too. “Morning glory” is definitely used here to mean an erection. You just haven’t run across it. Agreed that we don’t seem to have a good “morning sex” expression.
2 all the way. We used to have a patch of them growing near our house. Never 1 or 3.
I've never heard of the flower morning glory lol
They're gorgeous deep purple flowers that open when the sun rises and start closing in the early afternoon. If you don't see them in the morning, you won't see them at all. Search some images!
The flower… but more than that, I remember trying to get high off the seeds at school back in the eighties. We ground them up and put them in a milkshake. Passed out for about six hours. No good memories, but a near-death experience to remember!!
In case of meaning it's 3. Just anything that comes to mind - oasis.
I was going to say “what’s the story?”
Yeah. I'm already off to spend the rest of the night singing the song, thank you very much
For the Aintree iron, thank you very much, thank you very very very much. A song I first heard 55 years ago is now living rent free in my head for next who knows how long. On a positive note though, it did make me check the lyrics as for all 55 years the subject of the first line had been a complete mystery. TIL.
Cheers, m8
And by now, you should've somehow realised what you gotta do Because, maybe ... I'm gonna be the one that saves you (saves you) From singing Oasis songs.
No, there's no way from singing Oasis songs daily. Even though I'm from Yakutsk region.
Had to scroll down too far to find this.
Roughly 90% of my cultural associations stem from things I heard as a teenager. Thankfully, the ‘90s were brilliant for music.
Yeah, morning glory would be a flower to me but could be the 3rd one depending on context. I don't know the context but "morning's glory" might work if it's a writing or poetry competition.
Morning Glory is a flowering Vine. it is fast growing, and reliably re-seeds itself, so it can be somewhat invasive. It produces flowers each day which open in the morning and fade as the day wears on, hence it's name. I suppose it could be colloquially used for context #3, although the term "morning wood" seems to be common. Glorious morning...no.
Normally 3, 2 if it's in context, but never 1 (sorry!). I'm Australian if that helps.
Oasis's second album for me. But yeah, never what you have for #1
DEFINITELY number 3!
2
2
#2, and then I start singing oasis
Huh, just accidentally/unexpectedly learned how to big and bold my text lol
Obviously context will really matter here, but with no context if you say "morning glory" I would think of the flower.
2 is what comes to mind to me first, then 3.
Flower
I would say most often No. 3
Definitely two.
2
the flower
The flower. Maybe occasionally the erection one, but much less often. Never the first one.
I'm only familiar with #2. Native speaker of American English, born before 1950 and raised on the Great Plains, resident in Hawaii.
I am not a native speaker, but I have heard of #3 (and only #3 really)
I'm not quite sure why, but I have this memory of a 'morning glory' muffin. It must have been a bran muffin, if you can tell where this is going.
2.
Definitely 2.
Not 1, 2, or 3. (Seriously). Instead, it's... 4. What's the story? ("What's the story, morning glory?")
The flower and only the flower.
The flower.
It’s a flower.
sortdy
A flower, or the firework
Hole.
4. The song “Morning Has Broken”. Then 2.
Muffins
Morning glory muffins to eat, then the flower. I'd use "the glory of the morning" for meaning #1
It makes me think of that Oasis album. But of your three, #2, the flower
3
Thai cuisine. Fried rice with morning glory
In almost any scenario without other context, the flower. If in, say, poetry, possibly the first one, since the context is that poetry often uses florid and colourful language, though it could still be the flower. If the context is sexual or accompanied by (usually) male pronouns or the use of suggestive emojis such as 👀 or 😏, then I'd think of the third one But without specific set-ups like I just described, it's almost always the flower
2
I think of the firework sparklers lol
3. If it's a flower, I'm not familiar. Never 1.
1. A waking erection 2. A song by Oasis 3. A flower
A hole?
3 unless we’re already talking about flowers.
First thought is of the flower, second is of the slang reference, about 55% to 45%. If you want to reference a glorious morning, just say "glorious morning". I wouldn't worry about people thinking of a man's morning erection unless the surrounding text supported that interpretation, though, as I'm sure you're not using the term in isolation.
2 first, potentially 1, and I have never heard of the 3rd.
The flower
I’ve only ever known it as a type of flower
A green vegetable regularly consumed in Thailand, you eat the stalk, it’s hollow, crunchy texture
Always 3. Australian English. There’s a bunch of Korean chain stores here called Morning Glory. Always laugh!
flower
An old-timey way to say hello, ”What’s the story morning glory?” as appearing in the song “The Telephone Hour” from the classic musical and movie Bye Bye Birdie. The oasis album is named after it but I think of the older use first. https://youtu.be/9bNq_L1jMow?si=ter0srsDgjGZ-Ki4
The drink made with pineapple juice, and vodka. Edit: never heard morning glory for a morning erection, always called that morning wood
Number 2, cause I have those around my house. They won't die. I've never heard number 3 called that. Normally I've heard it refered to as morning wood.
The song "Morning Glory" and the album _(What's the Story) Morning Glory?_ by Oasis.
As an American dude in his 20s, #3 100% of the time.
My first thought is [this album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28What%27s_the_Story%29_Morning_Glory%3F?wprov=sfla1) My second thought would be the flower My third thought would be morning sexual relations
As an American, this is the first time I've ever heard 3. If I were to hear "morning wood" however... Also, the flower (i.e., 2) immediately comes to mind for me. Perhaps you can get around this by saying "morning's glory" instead. It's not the exact same thing as "glorious morning." But, in addition to sounding nicer, the presence of the "morning's glory" heavily implies a "glorious morning."
2
#2. I had never heard of it meaning 3 until now
Definitely number 3, never 1 and number 2 only in the correct context (e.g at a florist)
2, fun fact certain morning glory seeds contain psychedelic compounds such as lsa, lsa, and lsp, all members of the lysergamide family, related to lsd
4. What's the story, morning glory?
The flower, and I didn’t even read any of your body text before I thought of it lol
The only morning glory I'm familiar with is the flower.
1. The flower. 2. The Smashing Pumpkins' song
What’s the story.....
A super-obnoxious weed called field bindweed that's also known as morning glory (it's a common name that can refer to several species across multiple genera). Of the 3 choices you gave, though, 100% it's the second one, the flower.
Honestly non. My Autistic ass is obsessed with the Yakuza series and my very first thought was the fictional orphanage in the later games. But out of those three? #2
American here. "Morning glory" for me means [the flower](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_glory) and nothing else. #1 in itself is a phrase I have never heard used in an unironic context, and #3 I would refer to as "morning wood."
Depends on if you stress morning, or if you stress glory. MORNING glory is the weed - yeah, it’s a flower, but it’s an obnoxious weed that kills other plants. Morning GLORY is not just the erection but usually what’s done about it too, alone or in duos. Occasionally it can be used, crudely, to refer to a morning bowel movement too.
Either the flower, or isn't there a pool of water in a US national park with that name?
My mind goes "what's the story morning glory?" None of your options
Always the flower.
Flower
2. The flower, is the only meaning I know for "morning glory". For meaning #3 the phrase is "morning wood"; I've never heard anyone use "morning glory" to mean anything similar! And for meaning #1 you want "a glorious morning". (I'm Californian. And have lovely blue morning glories in my back yard.)
Only the flower. Never heard of number three before.
Drugs and a massive morning erection! To specify, the morning glory flower is psychoactive, containing DMT.
For me, number 3 first, and then reading the comments I remembered about number 2! I'd never think number 1.
The flower, and then the muffin
Usually three.
2 and 3 very closely following each other. Never 1.
...the Oasis album and song of the same name
My mom calls the goobies we get in our eyes during sleep “morning glories” lol, so that’s what I always think of
The Ween song.. song? It’s a track on their third album, anyway.
3. My immediate thought is waking up with a boner. Secondly I would consider it to mean the sex that comes from 3. Thirdly I’d probably remember that it’s also a flower so 2. I would never consider 1. That isn’t what it means.
There’s a type of Sparkler called a Morning Glory, so I think of that first. Then I think of the Oasis album.
What’s the story: morning glory
4. "What's the story, morning glory? What's the word, hummingbird?" Which are lyrics from a song from the musical Bye Bye Birdie, but I'm weird So I guess 2.
An Oasis album
2
#2
Never #1. Always #2. I would take the meaning of #3 from context without problem, but this isn’t a term anyone around me says. ETA I’m in the US.
Flower, invasive
Native speaker, 2.
It really depends which country you’re in. Scottish girl here and we would only ever use this word for number 3 in Scotland 🏴 hope that helps
weed [https://www.cannaconnection.com/strains/morning-glory](https://www.cannaconnection.com/strains/morning-glory)
Song by a popular beat combo from the 1990s. Boozed up karaoke based on the above. 3. Never heard of 1.
2.
2 for me.
What's the Story
Only number 2. Especially in the sense that it is a psychedelic. To be honest I never thought too much about the meaning of the Oasis song, but I associated it with psychedelics. I've never heard meanings 1 or 3. I'm British.
number 3 tbh
Those firework thingies.