In my neck of the woods, "Shacking Up" only has the direct sexual connotation. I am confused it means "living together" as some pointed out. Its very direct and no doubt put in to irk Stevie. A woman says this to a man but for a man to say this to a woman especially in 1976 was riveting.
Stevie was the sexual aggressor in GYOW but Lindsey is the sexual aggressor in Second Hand News. "lay me down in the tall grass and let me do my stuff" When I was younger I knew it was sexual but pictured a literal meaning i.e. making love on the beach in the tall grass. But grass is used as a metaphor and has a very direct meaning : Let me GO DOWN in the tall GRASS and let me do MY STUFF.
A second hand also has a direct way of moving.
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