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Originally Posted by pisces
No it's not vulgar. Don't be so pedantic. The phrase itself does not carry any references to sex. It's called humor.
Поматросить = по (prefix which means a repeated action here) + матросить (a verb formed from матрос - seaman).
I don't think expressing concern for using something that may be vulgar automatically makes me pedantic -- I simply don't want to use a phrase in the wrong context and cause a huge blow-up. The very fact that you said it = f***ing would seem to indicate that someone might want to use caution using this phrase. And now I understand that it doesn't explicitly mean something sexual -- neither does "screwing" in English, but for a foreigner that it's secondary meaning may give them pause before using it. That's all.
Thank you and all the other posters who answered this question.