Quick question: Is it spelled "come" or "cum"?

[Trionyx]

Comshaw

Shouldn’t it be ’Cumshaw’?

 

[OffNSFW]

I am on team "come is a verb, cum is a noun." Keeps things nice and clear.

 

[TheLobster]

I am on team "come is a verb, cum is a noun." Keeps things nice and clear.

We’d rather make them thick and sticky, though.

 

[Comshaw]

Shouldn’t it be ’Cumshaw’?

Yes it should have been. However, when I adopted the moniker I did so following my uncle's pronunciation of the word and he always said "comshaw" instead of "cumshaw". I wish to hell I would have known the true spelling of the word 'cause what a great handle for a porn author huh? By the time I figured it out I had the one I use now for a long time and didn't want to change.

Comshaw

 

[AG31]

Come. Always.

 

[Bisnjguy]

Come on over if you want. Then I’ll help you Cum.
There my thoughts on the question at hand.

 

[barefootgirl69]

I think being consistent is more important than which word you choose.

 

[Bramblethorn]

"crescendo" or "climax" for the verb, "love juice" or "unicorn milk" for the noun.

 

[Voboy]

"crescendo" or "climax" for the verb, "love juice" or "unicorn milk" for the noun.

What?

Not "baby batter?" That's much classier.

 

[Bramblethorn]

What?

Not "baby batter?" That's much classier.

That always makes me think of a little cherub swinging a baseball bat. YMMV.

 

[Cagivagurl]

There are so many possibilities, I can't help thinking why limit it too just the 2????

Cagivagurl

 

[Voboy]

There are so many possibilities, I can't help thinking why limit it too just the 2????

Cagivagurl

I think Samuel Pepys, writing during a time of intense transition in the English language, spelt it cumme.

 

[Cagivagurl]

I think Samuel Pepys, writing during a time of intense transition in the English language, spelt it cumme.

without doing to much research, there must be many many more...

 

[SinclairGroupLLP]

I tend to go with cum, jizz, seed, ejaculate and cream as my words for semen. Sometimes I will call it that if I’m being very prim and proper.

The verb, is usually cum, along with climax, completion, ejaculation (when someone with a penis does it) and orgasm,

I probably need to expand my vocab here.

 

[Cool88]

It should be called " Goo " or " Seed "

 

[Voboy]

without doing to much research, there must be many many more...

I made that up, lol. Pepys always described his fuck-methods, but he usually did so in pidgin Latin or Spanish.

It should be called " Goo " or " Seed "

"Seed" is something that takes me straight out of the narrative, unless it's a SF or historical setting. Like when people use "flower" or "center" to describe a vagina; I just can't.

Works just fine for many people, but not for me.

 

[Britva415]

You know what’s asinine as hell? When people deliberately mis-spell “come” as “cum.” It is unclever, unoriginal, uncute and just douchey.

In my humble opinion.

Cum fight me.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

That always makes me think of a little cherub swinging a baseball bat. YMMV.

I always think of a mite being coated and about to be deep-fried. Off-putting.

 

[KachinaDoll]

Come is orgasm.
Cum is ejaculate though lately I've started using 'jizz' as it makes me laugh when my hubby says it.

 

[TheLobster]

Whatever you do, don’t use “cum” to refer the female squirt fluid. I’ve seen that once, and it was the fastest Ctrl+W of my life.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

For me, it's always come, both for the action and the product.

Cum I can tolerate (as the actress said to the bishop), but cummed is an instant reverse click. It reads like someone didn't get out of primary school.

"Cummed" never sounds right, to me.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

It's spelt 'Orgasm.'

Cumgasm

 

[HordHolm]

This is very true, but sometimes the characters just wanna be crude.

"Cum" is one of those words like "cock" or "cunt" whose use, for me, tells the reader something about the kind of person who uses them. More fastidious characters (or narrators, even) do a better job searching for synonyms. It can also be a subtle way to show things like background, socioeconomic level, education, etc.

This is a favourite of mine. I really enjoy writing a classy woman who speaks as if she's just walked out of the finishing school, and has recently been presented to the Queen at the palace. And then her knickers come off, and her language descends to the gutter. I like the contrast, and I feel it has impact. If she spoke gutter language all the time it would lose its strength.

I remember my mother, of all people, taking me to one side when I was a teenager (and swearing for England), and pointing out that if I said 'fuck, cunt, bollocks' all the time, then when I really meant it nobody would notice. I took that to heart and I think it works really well with writing as well. Of course, some characters are different, and there's a time and place, but being able to escalate the crudity I think is a good tool.

 

[alohadave]

Where do 'cummies' fit in?

 

[TaniaTulle]

So much cum in this thread I feel I'm the centre of a bukkake circle!!