Cum or Come?

[MediocreAuthor]

Cum? Or Come?

Simple question: Which word do you prefer in the context of orgasming?

I always used to write "cum" to mean both climaxing and sexual fluids (male and female) but I've seen authors whom I respect use the spelling "come."

To my knowledge, the original of the word comes from the antiquated phrase "come off" which meant climax, but I was curious about which authors use which spelling.

And do any of you actively look down on the spelling you don't use?

 

[SimonDoom]

"Cum" for the noun, "come" for the verb.

I don't look down on other ways of doing it, but I do NOT like "cummed" as the past tense of "cum," which is one reason I just use "come" as the verb, and "came" for past tense.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Come.

Cum reads a little tacky to me - but then I've done most of my erotica reading in the twentieth century, before cum became more popular.

 

[OlderFitterWiser]

Cum? Or Come?

Simple question: Which word do you prefer in the context of orgasming?

I always used to write "cum" to mean both climaxing and sexual fluids (male and female) but I've seen authors whom I respect use the spelling "come."

To my knowledge, the original of the word comes from the antiquated phrase "come off" which meant climax, but I was curious about which authors use which spelling.

And do any of you actively look down on the spelling you don't use?

Cum & Cumming usually for me.

 

[MyBareTorso]

Cum? Or Come?

Simple question: Which word do you prefer in the context of orgasming?

I always used to write "cum" to mean both climaxing and sexual fluids (male and female) but I've seen authors whom I respect use the spelling "come."

To my knowledge, the original of the word comes from the antiquated phrase "come off" which meant climax, but I was curious about which authors use which spelling.

And do any of you actively look down on the spelling you don't use?

I don't use "cum" in my stories just out of, um, personal taste. I just don't like it as a word, but I have absolutely no, um, issue with those that like to, um, spray it around. I use "come" as a verb, and other words (juice, seed, jizz, semen etc etc) for the noun.

 

[SeraphNocturne]

I use both, but lean come, because it seems less… lewd? They’re synonymous to me though, my preferences are pretty much purely aesthetic aside from “cum” making my brain spazz a bit because it hits it as a misspelling.

If I’m trying to write something intentionally dirty I go with cum. I think I’ve fallen into the habit of “come” though overtime, or just avoiding to use it to describe the act of climax all together, heheheh!

 

[MajorRewrite]

Spunk

 

[MediocreAuthor]

Spunk

"Oh darling, I'm about to spunk!" She cried out in ecstasy. Immediately I began wondering where this woman learned her sex terminology.

 

[joy_of_cooking]

I use "come" as a verb, and other words (juice, seed, jizz, semen etc etc) for the noun.

What do you call the pre ejaculatory fluid?

“cum” making my brain spazz a bit because it hits it as a misspelling.

I use come because the spell checker accepts that (and I don't want to add cum to my custom dictionary).

 

[Emilymcplugger]

Cum? Or Come?

Simple question: Which word do you prefer in the context of orgasming?

Always cum for orgasming.

Let’s face it these two sentences have very different meanings.

Come on Eileen
Cum on Eileen.

 

[alohadave]

Spunk

Jizz

Man batter

Hot yogurt

Baby makers

 

[SeraphNocturne]

What do you call the pre ejaculatory fluid?

I use come because the spell checker accepts that (and I don't want to add cum to my custom dictionary).

The latin phrase and meaning is in the dictionary, so it'll make it through the spellchecker... but I don't believe the slang meaning of cum (ejaculate or the act of orgasm) are listed in the standard Oxford or Merriam-Webster dictionaries. My brain wants to reject so bad. I'm sure with the type of things I write how to best describe semen and climax are the least of my concerns.

A quick Google search shows that 'come' was the origin unit of this slang terminology to describe climax 'come off' which appeared as early as 1650, then adopted the meaning of semen in 1920... the alternate spelling of 'cum' became more widely recognized in the 1970s.

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

Always cum for orgasming.

Let’s face it these two sentences have very different meanings.

Come on Eileen
Cum on Eileen.

I think Dexy's Midnight Runners would have used the former as the request (I recall the video being very smarmy, even coercive) and the latter as the vocalist's desired outcome (or outcum) (incum would carry the risk of pregnancy).

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

"Cum" for the noun, "come" for the verb.

I don't look down on other ways of doing it, but I do NOT like "cummed" as the past tense of "cum," which is one reason I just use "come" as the verb, and "came" for past tense.

'Cum,' as noun, verb, or both, provides clear meaning. If an author's intent is for ambiguity or comic confusion, 'come' could have value.

For past tense, I once used 'caym,' continuing the present-tense forms' textual clarity and auditory uncertainty.

No, I have nothing better to do right now.

 

[SimonDoom]

'Cum,' as noun, verb, or both, provides clear meaning. If an author's intent is for ambiguity or comic confusion, 'come' could have value.

For past tense, I once used 'caym,' continuing the present-tense forms' textual clarity and auditory uncertainty.

No, I have nothing better to do right now.

I've read "come" used many times in erotic fiction and never once been confused. I think that's a non-problem.

 

[djrip]

Cum / Cumming / Came.

Upon review it turns out I have also used "coming" in dialogue.

 

[MediocreAuthor]

The latin phrase and meaning is in the dictionary, so it'll make it through the spellchecker... but I don't believe the slang meaning of cum (ejaculate or the act of orgasm) are listed in the standard Oxford or Merriam-Webster dictionaries. My brain wants to reject so bad. I'm sure with the type of things I write how to best describe semen and climax are the least of my concerns.

You're referring to the Latin word "cum" as in "Magna cum laude"

Used in a sentence such as:

"If he has to wear a Magnum, cum loud, eh?!"

 

[NightPorter]

"I'm coming."
"I'm covered in cum."

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Did it exist before Slade's 'Cum on feel the noize'?

I'm a traditionalist so stick to 'come' almost all the time, but a few of my characters will say 'cum' because they're crude types.

Definitely object to cum as a verb, partly because it wrecks one of my favourite jokes: What's white and flies through the air at a million miles an hour?

 

[OverconfidentSarcasm]

"I'm coming."
"I'm covered in cum."

This.

I always understood "Cum" as the substance, while "come" was short for "coming to a climax".

But don't even get me started on stuff like "having a good come" or "cummed on her face".
That shit makes me imagine the author as a twelve year old kid, boasting to his peers about having "all the sex" already.

 

[SeraphNocturne]

You're referring to the Latin word "cum" as in "Magna cum laude"

Used in a sentence such as:

"If he has to wear a Magnum, cum loud, eh?!"

Yeaaaah this is why cum doesn’t register as a typo! But it doesn’t stop my brain from registering it as a typo!

 

[Trionyx]

Always cum for orgasming.

Let’s face it these two sentences have very different meanings.

Come on Eileen
Cum on Eileen.

Actually, they have the same meaning, that is to spew jizz on her.
If you want to tell her to hurry or to come on, you need to write it ‘Come on, Eileen.’ That little comma means a lot.

 

[Mr_Twister_242]

Let’s face it these two sentences have very different meanings.

Come on Eileen
Cum on Eileen.

Though it wouldn’t matter in case of ‘Relax when you wanna come!’, just make it more explicit.

I’m not fond of cum but I don’t hate it either. So I usually mix it up and also use semen, load, spunk, jizz for the fluid. And climax or come for the event.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Cum or Come?​

There was a thread about this a while back.

I think it’s an age thing. It’s always been just cum as far as I am concerned.

Em

 

[MrPixel]

I think it’s an age thing. It’s always been just cum as far as I am concerned.

Age? Nope. It's always been cum/cumming/came to me since well back into the last century. Guys and gals.