Unstraddle?

[tomlitilia]

Quick question: Is unstraddle a word, at least to the extent that it doesn't distract from the story. I want to use it in e.g. "unstraddling her face" when, say, a woman is moving off another woman after some facesitting activities. If not, what other antonyms would be useful?

Edit: I did a google search just for literotica, and at least 9 other stories have used it before. But that doesn't say much.

 

[sr71plt]

I don't find "unstraddle" as a dictionary word, but I don't see why it couldn't be used to the extent that it's meaning would be clear and "it doesn't distract from the story."

 

[tomlitilia]

I don't find "unstraddle" as a dictionary word, but I don't see why it couldn't be used to the extent that it's meaning would be clear and "it doesn't distract from the story."

Thanks!

I actually thought it to be an actual word, and was surprised when neither spell-check nor dictionaries recognized it. But as you say, at least the meaning should be clear.

 

[Haulover]

No

 

[ElectricBlue]

Is unstraddle a word

It is now. Use it, and dictionaries will catch up eventually!

 

[TxRad]

Dismount.

 

[My I]

If you can spell it and anyone with an IQ above 70 knows what you mean...

Who cares if Websters doesn't have it?

The word dictionary is IN the dictionary. Why? If you don't know what it is how would you know to look it up in one? The word dictionary should be in the dictionary with "See front cover" next to it.

 

[NotWise]

Dismount.

Let her breath again.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I would probably use "dismount" myself, but I wouldn't object if an author used "unstraddle".

 

[SimonDoom]

It's a perfect example of a word that's not a word in the sense that you are going to find in a dictionary, but it's one you shouldn't hesitate to use in a story here if its meaning is clear.

I like TxRad's suggestion of "dismount", but depending on the context "unstraddle" might be better.

 

[Handley_Page]

The word seems too sterile, somehow.

 

[Hypoxia]

Let her breath again.

Fall off, quivering.

 

[GoldenCojones]

"Rose off of" But I kinda like unstraddled.

She straddled her lover's face but quickly unstraddled when the tart bit her thigh sharply.

 

[NotWise]

"Rose off of" But I kinda like unstraddled.

She straddled her lover's face but quickly unstraddled when the tart bit her thigh sharply.

I'm not keen on "unstraddle."

She straddled her lover's face but jumped off when the tart sank her teeth into her thigh.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I'm not keen on "unstraddle."

Agree, it sounds like something you would do with a horse...

 

[NotWise]

Agree, it sounds like something you would do with a horse...

Not much different from unsaddle, which is an actual word.

In an erotic context "unstraddle" would be a pretty dry term. Something a little juicier might be useful.

 

[sr71plt]

One of my favorite sexual terms is "mount." And I would use "unmount" in this context rather than "dismount."

 

[tomlitilia]

One of my favorite sexual terms is "mount." And I would use "unmount" in this context rather than "dismount."

"Unmount" is pretty good actually. "Dismount" sounds too cowboy somehow.

 

[uksnowy]

Was your story rejected because you used the word?

 

[tomlitilia]

Was your story rejected because you used the word?

What? No. What makes you think that?

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Agree, it sounds like something you would do with a horse...

I don't recall Lit having that category; let's hope I'm right.

On a side note, something about the word sounds... unnatural. Maybe it's the concept that the word straddle was almost certainly used beforehand in the exact reverse context (which is fairly close to guaranteed, as straddle is a word with no more effective counterpart to use instead). It might be that dismount is the more accurate and used term, so unstraddle's existence as a word unnecessary, and therefore the word is forced. Either way, using the word seems to have a potentially negative affect. No sense in risking usage that distracts from the intention the word is meant to create.

Just my ramblings. Whatever it's worth.

Q_C

 

[Hypoxia]

Agree, it sounds like something you would do with a horse...

I don't recall Lit having that category; let's hope I'm right.

Unicorns. Centaurs. Houyhnhnms. Pegasus. Mister Ed (who was not played by a zebra). Human siblings stuck in a horse costume. My ugliest cousin. Et fucking cetera.

 

[sr71plt]

Sometimes riding a horse is exactly the image you're going after.

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Unicorns. Centaurs. Houyhnhnms. Pegasus. Mister Ed (who was not played by a zebra). Human siblings stuck in a horse costume. My ugliest cousin. Et fucking cetera.

I'm assuming this was a joke...? Have no idea if this was to be taken seriously or not.

Equally, none of the "mythical beasts" and humans in costumes, are actual animals, but are fantastical ones, often times represented as more human in nature. Basically, not beastiality, on the off chance you were actually confused into thinking you actually made a valid point here.

Anyway, carry on.

Q_C

 

[werdsmith]

lifter her thighs from her lovers face, swinging one leg over..

(shrug)