Precum or pre-cum?

[JT_Stone]

This one seems to stump Word's spellcheck. 'magine that.

 

[TxRad]

This one seems to stump Word's spellcheck. 'magine that.

That doesn't take much. I use the latter.

 

[Guest]

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[jomar]

Just cum. Don't use the "pre".

The pre can be part of the play.

 

[sr71plt]

In the American market, it's "precum." The current authorities are stripping out as many hyphens as they can. Spellcheckers won't recognize this, as they were established when hyphens were more popular. Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (the one most U.S. publishers use) is a help on this. At the beginning of where any prefix combination starst (pre, re, non, de, etc.) that dictionary runs a chart showing when the combination takes a hyphen (rarely) and when it doesn't (in most cases).

 

[Toqueme]

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[mythtrav16]

I would imagine that it would be precum, when talking about the physical substance; pre-cum when talking about a time period (e.g. He shouted out pre-cum, "Oh my god baby! I'm gonna give you a monster load!")

 

[Toqueme]

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[LaRocha]

If you're a post-structuralist you use the hyphen for 'pre-cum', and if you're a poststructuralist you still hyphenate.

 

[JT_Stone]

In the American market, it's "precum." The current authorities are stripping out as many hyphens as they can. Spellcheckers won't recognize this, as they were established when hyphens were more popular. Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (the one most U.S. publishers use) is a help on this. At the beginning of where any prefix combination starst (pre, re, non, de, etc.) that dictionary runs a chart showing when the combination takes a hyphen (rarely) and when it doesn't (in most cases).

Thanks again Mr. Habu. That certainly clears that up.

 

[Handley_Page]

I prefer Semen:-

She pumped his prick until she saw a tell-tale of Semen at the tip. Then she bent her head and licked it slowly, like an ice cream.

 

[SlickTony]

I prefer Semen:-

She pumped his prick until she saw a tell-tale of Semen at the tip. Then she bent her head and licked it slowly, like an ice cream.

Well, we're talking about two different forms of the stuff. There's the clear stuff that wells up in the tip--isn't that Cowper's gland solution, or something? That's what I think of as precum. Or pre-cum. (the single word has the red rickrack under it, the hyphenated one does not). And then there's the stuff that comes out at ejaculation.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

We aren't talking about prematurely cumming. That would be pre-cum. We are talking about the separate fluid that come out before cumming, which is precum.

 

[SlickTony]

We aren't talking about prematurely cumming. That would be pre-cum. We are talking about the separate fluid that come out before cumming, which is precum.

Exactly.

 

[Handley_Page]

Exactly.

It's actually Semen, the fluid in which the sperm are floated at ejaculation.

 

[sr71plt]

We aren't talking about prematurely cumming. That would be pre-cum. We are talking about the separate fluid that come out before cumming, which is precum.

Hey, what? "Precum" either way--or was this a joke (in which case, it's funny.)

 

[favoritesgoddess]

I don't like it without the hyphen. It looks awkward to me without it. I don't know why.

 

[sr71plt]

I don't like it without the hyphen. It looks awkward to me without it. I don't know why.

Point is that publishing cares a lot more for its readers/buyers and for standardization to smooth out their read than for the personal quirks of authors.

 

[Guest]

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[mythtrav16]

I don't like it without the hyphen. It looks awkward to me without it. I don't know why.

I kinda know what you mean, I'd have a tendency to pronounce it as "prekkum" if I read it without the hyphen, then I'd think to myself "WTF? Oh! Pre-cum! Right. I gotcha. Carrying on..."

 

[Handley_Page]

Pre Ejaculate !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbourethral_gland

 

[sr71plt]

That would have to be preejaculate. (Basically, "pre" is not a word at all. It can't stand alone as a word. It's a prefix.)

 

[curvybritlady]

I'm one of those oddballs who much prefers it to be written "come." In that case "pre-" with a hyphen makes more sense, so if you're spelling it with a 'u' it would be 'pre-cum.'

 

[sr71plt]

I'm one of those oddballs who much prefers it to be written "come." In that case "pre-" with a hyphen makes more sense, so if you're spelling it with a 'u' it would be 'pre-cum.'

Publishing standards aren't about making sense to or giving in to the technical presentation quirks of 362 separate writers. They are about giving the reader a standard read so they don't stop reading--and thus lose concentration, focus, and flow--to decide whether they agree with some writer's individual whim or not.

Hyphens are out of fashion. Writers would be best served not to fight that and to spend the time making the context of their writing more distinctive and brilliant.

Do yourself a favor and simply use a dictionary--they are there to help you not major in the minors in writing.

(And in my writing, there's a difference between precum [noun]--which starts at the beginning of stimulation--either mental or physical--and cum [noun], which spouts forth when the character goes over the edge and comes [verb]).

 

[jomar]

Spooge works better, then.

Easy to remember, no quirky hypens, cleverly evocative . . .

Don't you mean prespooge?