come or cum ??
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michchick98
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If you look it up in any online dictionary, "come" is an acceptable use as is "cum." I think it's more of a personal preference. I had someone edit a story of mine where I used "come" and he told me it was an incorrect usage. I looked it up on a couple on line dictionaries and the basic definition was "slang: to have an orgasm" and "see also cum."
Once he saw the links, he let the issue go. Don't worry about someone calling you out on it. I've seen it used both ways on this site and in books I've read, although, it's less common to see it in print than it is on this site and sites like it.
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Yes, it's a raging "discussion," and the language is still in flux and no one can say yet that one is right and the other wrong. (Most fall on the side of "come"--and some publishers direct that; I think "cum" will win eventually, and I think it should, to distinguish the usage from the other uses of "come.")
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I prefer "come" but my sense is that it's so infrequently used as to be confusing when one does use it.
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Personally I use "cum" when I write just to avoid confusion. When I read a story, either is acceptable to me.
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Exactly. "Come" = verb, "cum" = noun. ...Having said that, I find myself using "cumming" for the participial phrase, because "coming" just doesn't seem to have the same oomph.
I don't know. We should Blank-Manual this.
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I think "cum" has more shock value. If I was writing something that was edgy, I'd use cum. It's harsher in my opinion maybe a little lewd. It makes it more about the actual act of sex and not the emotions and passion involved to me. Sometimes I feel like the use of cum just ruins a very lovely romantic sex scene. Other times, it's the only word to use. Especially when you want rough, edgy, intense...copulation.
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I agree! I was just going to write that come is a verb and cum is a noun.
I am Yours SINSerely,
Personally I prefer "cum" precisely because it sounds raunchier. I think it's sexier and more exciting than "come." I agree with Elianna, however, that "cum" isn't quite right for tender, romantic encounters. In that case it might be best to avoid the issue by using a suitable euphemism instead. Words like "climax" or even just plain "orgasm" can be good to use when "cum" seems too strong.
cum or come
Believe it or not - yes! It was anonymous though and I normally treat these as entertainment. (my main protagonist was described in one such feedback as "Slimmy" - does this mean he is sort of skinny??)
The only problem with usung cum is what is the past tense...cummed? At least with come you can say "She came explosively"...or is came the official past tense of cum? Or does it really matter? Or am I babbling on here when I should be proofing the final episode of this particular story?
And is there honey still for tea??
Really? Someone actually picked on you about it?
Believe it or not - yes! It was anonymous though and I normally treat these as entertainment. (my main protagonist was described in one such feedback as "Slimmy" - does this mean he is sort of skinny??)
The only problem with usung cum is what is the past tense...cummed? At least with come you can say "She came explosively"...or is came the official past tense of cum? Or does it really matter? Or am I babbling on here when I should be proofing the final episode of this particular story?
And is there honey still for tea??
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I've had an anonymous poster say something that rankled so much that I HAD to come here and get some validation. Usually stupid comments just bounce off my skin and I scoff in their general direction, but there's always one...
Don't feel bad about asking. I do it all the time.
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Come or cum
Come is a bona fide word - "cum" is rather feeble american slang.
I suggest that, as a putative Oxford Don, you stick to the OED, unless your characters are such that they can't spell and you are writing a distorted version of US low-life.
Sweet O
Actually - the french 'jouisse' - sounds so much sexier than either of the above options.
Come is a bona fide word - "cum" is rather feeble american slang.
I suggest that, as a putative Oxford Don, you stick to the OED, unless your characters are such that they can't spell and you are writing a distorted version of US low-life.
Sweet O
Actually - the french 'jouisse' - sounds so much sexier than either of the above options.
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By which you mean, "It's not a word yet."
To which I agree. It's not a word.
Yet.
(And, on the contrary, cum is a Latin word that has an understood meaning in English, so it is an English word. Though it's rarely used without other Latin words nearby.)
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"American" should properly be capitalized. And U.S. style predominates on this U.S.-based Web site. Get used to sitting second chair.
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I use "come" as a verb and "cum" as a noun.
The use of "cum" as a verb (e.g. "Why don't you cum over right now? 
") strikes me as attempted-cutesy and annoying in about 99.9% of cases. I suppose I lump it in with 'using uncalled for text-speak' most of the time.
I can't say I recall ever seeing someone use "come" as a noun, but that'd probably irk me, too, since it's clearly a verb in everyday use.
The confusion of these words in a story wouldn't be enough to garner a complaint or comment from me, but it'd certainly interrupt the flow of my reading and take my enjoyment down a notch or two. But I can be picky like that, and the type of stories I enjoy usually don't contain such issues.
The use of "cum" as a verb (e.g. "Why don't you cum over right now?
") strikes me as attempted-cutesy and annoying in about 99.9% of cases. I suppose I lump it in with 'using uncalled for text-speak' most of the time. I can't say I recall ever seeing someone use "come" as a noun, but that'd probably irk me, too, since it's clearly a verb in everyday use.
The confusion of these words in a story wouldn't be enough to garner a complaint or comment from me, but it'd certainly interrupt the flow of my reading and take my enjoyment down a notch or two. But I can be picky like that, and the type of stories I enjoy usually don't contain such issues.
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I always thought that "come" was the verb, as in "I'm going to come!" and "cum" was a noun, as in "His cum hit my breasts as he came."
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I use "come" as a verb and "cum" as a noun.
The use of "cum" as a verb (e.g. "Why don't you cum over right now?
Exactly Erika
If someone where to write "Why don't you cum over right now?" I would view it just as if someone had written "I'm hot 4 u." It's not English and shouldn't be used in writing. Now if someone wrote "I'm going to cum" (as in have an orgasm) I'm not so sure... Erica
