Sex sounds

[Devinter]

Careful, you don't want to get the Kiwi readers overexcited.

 

[StillStunned]

Psiren: "Four million years [without sex] is a long time for a man with your sex drive, Dave."
Lister: "It's a long time for an Albanian shepherd with a wool allergy!"

- Red Dwarf, "Psirens"

 

[onehitwanda]

Does that mean you're coming on board as Literotica's full-time pun-bunny?

Sadly, no. I suspect I committed the cardinal sin of having Comic Sans on my denims - the unforgivable sin of the incorrect jean-o-type.

 

[StillStunned]

Story idea: Cardinal Sin.
"Bless me, Father, for I have sinned."
"No, child, you're about to be Sinned!"
[Cue porn music.]

 

[lustychimera]

I fucking love onomatopoeias! Sploosh! Scritch! Squeak! Splash! Badda-bump! Whip-Smack!

Every character is Adam West in the bedroom.

 

[Trionyx]

"Fuu...cckk" gets an airing, the occasional "Uhnnh", "Ohhh," "Ahhh," "Mmmm," just long enough visual extensions to suggest a sound, not a word.

Agree. But be careful with the hard consonant sounds. They can’t be drawn out. The F and the U can be drawn out in speech but not the C or K.
Fffffffuck or Fuuuuck or even Ffffffuuuuck work. Similarly, the G and D are hard consonants so the only way to draw out another common word is Goooooood. (Could be God or Good, I know.)

 

[Bamagan]

Ni. Ni! Ni! NI! NIIIIII!
Ecky-ecky-ecky-pikang-zoom-boing-mumble-mumble.

 

[AllenWoody]

I can’t believe no one mentioned howl, which my male characters may sometimes let fly in moments of long-delayed release. I also like ‘cried out’.

I used to use a lot of “Nnnnh”, which I still feel pretty good about. Prior to that I used some of the longer, sillier, multi-multi-vowel strings, but I gave those up. Increasingly I write out in prose what would have otherwise been dialog:

His breath grew increasingly ragged and harsh until finally, as orgasm washed over him, he gasped out a long, heavy exhalation of bliss that echoed through the cramped room.

Okay, not my best but you get the idea.

 

[AllenWoody]

Ni. Ni! Ni! NI! NIIIIII!
Ecky-ecky-ecky-pikang-zoom-boing-mumble-mumble.

I suppose now you want me to cut down the tallest tree in the forest with a herring?

 

[SofiaLaFrench]

I've used all of those for what people "say", plus grunt. For other areas, slurp, thud, slap, sloosh.

Sloosh? Context please!

 

[karina_jayde]

Just as important as the word choice itself is the context of the term.

A woman growling? To me, that's hotter than a man growling. A man whimpering or sobbing? Also hot. A stifled, muffled little moan while you're being fucked secretly in the next room is far hotter than a wild scream in a typical sex scene.

Terminology that goes a bit against typical gender conceptions is a big turn-on for me sometimes.

Overlooked terms are laughs, chuckles, and giggles. Sex can be amusing sometimes, especially if one partner is ticklish. Laughing at some playful teasing or a giggle at a silly joke during foreplay can enhance the connection between the characters.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

I tend to avoid writing vocalized sex sounds (such as moans or screams as opposed to gasps or pants) because I think of that as an exaggerated porn trope.

I'm actually a fan of onomatopoeia and will use it in the dialogue like, "Ungh ... ahhh ... huhh," etc. I just find it immeersive and I since my style is already more subtle and realistic I can get away with it not sounding porny (I hope). I've been criticized for a few things for sure but no one has accused me of cheesy dialogue yet.

I'll add squeal to the list.

 

[samhasstories]

I think I've used just about every word I've seen in this thread. My characters' orgasms are frequent and loud and intense. I try to silence my inner critic the most in these moments, the part of me saying it sounds too porny, or too intense, or nobody makes that much noise or produces that much bodily fluid - I just go for it, and have fun with it.

 

[intim8]

Sigh, gasp, grunt, whimper, moan, wail, keen, cry...

What are your favourite words to express the sounds your characters make? Which ones do you avoid?

Oops, hey, whoa, ouch, sorry, what?, ugh...

 

[Duleigh]

What are your favourite words to express the sounds your characters make? Which ones do you avoid?

I rarely enter the characters sounds unless there's something that I want the reader to understand. I avoid all of them, instead I will say something like

"Paul drove into her with a gutteral grunt and Andi shrieked in pleasure."

There, you fill in the blanks. The imagination is a very powerful thing.

 

[StillStunned]

"Paul drove into her with a gutteral grunt and Andi shrieked in pleasure."

So I can put you down for "grunt" and "shriek" then?

 

[samhasstories]

So I can put you down for "grunt" and "shriek" then?

Maybe it doesn't count unless it's:

"Grunt!" said Paul.

"Shriek!" said Andi.

In which case I take back my reply: I don't use any either.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Sigh, gasp, grunt, whimper, moan, wail, keen, cry...

What are your favourite words to express the sounds your characters make? Which ones do you avoid?

Is nnngggrhhhaaahhhh!!! not universally accepted as the best choice?

Emily

 

[StillStunned]

Is nnngggrhhhaaahhhh!!! not universally accepted as the best choice?

Emily

Multiple exclamation marks? That's just sick!

That said, I might be able to live with "nnngggrhhhaaahhhh!-!-!"

 

[intim8]

When I want good sex sounds in a story, I just paste in lyrics from Great Gig in the Sky.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Multiple exclamation marks? That's just sick!

That said, I might be able to live with "nnngggrhhhaaahhhh!-!-!"

Or “oooooohhhh fu——————ck!&?@&#”

 

[samhasstories]

Is nnngggrhhhaaahhhh!!! not universally accepted as the best choice?

Emily

Isn't that the sound TIE fighters make?

 

[EmilyMiller]

Isn't that the sound TIE fighters make?

When they are mating, yes.

Emily

 

[MillieDynamite]

Grunts, groans, moans, sighs, lusty gasps, creaking of the bed, the pound of the headboard, a sprinkling of Oh, God, fuck, fuck, fuck, shit, holy shit, holy fucking shit.

Did I miss anything?

 

[EmilyMiller]

I have been guilty of crescendo in impact play. Like.

Crack, crack!

CRACK, CRACK!!

CRACK, CRACK!!!

Emily