“Cum.”

mazarin221b:

canolacrush:

mazarin221b:

**PULLS ON TEACHER TROUSERS**

So I’d like to clarify once and for all why there is a difference between “come" and “cum.“

I can’t say for sure how it is with other readers, but I suspect most people dislike “cum” because of some sort of aesthetical reason.  If that’s your choice for disliking it, whatever man, it’s no skin off my nose.

However, aesthetics really doesn’t come into it. (No pun intended.)  (…Well, maybe a little intended.)

The fact is, by definition, they are two astronomically different words used in different parts of speech.

“Cum” is a preposition. 

Let’s just let that sink in a moment.

I have here in my hands my Pocket Oxford Dictionary, which defines “cum" as “with, together with.“  For example, as in showing off “a kitchen-cum-laboratory” or “my best mate-cum-lover.“  This is the only definition for “cum.”

“Come,” on the other hand, is a verb, and the dictionary points out that, along with its many other meanings and uses, “have sexual orgasm" is included among the options.  It also mentions it can be used to mean “ejaculated semen"—-or a noun.  (Thanks Pocket Oxford!)

In short, “cum" is only used as a preposition.  I can see why people have instinctively used it otherwise, though—it’s because English is a damn dirty language that’s out to confuse everybody, and most people generally don’t go around saying things like “this is my man cave-cum-garage" because it sounds pretentious and weird, so people would naturally assume that the weirder-looking homonym is the sexy one.

So overall, an easy and understandable mistake to make—I’m not here to call anyone an idiot, I just want to clear up the confusion everyone has with these two dastardly homonyms.

EXACTLY. Which is why you shouldn’t be using it as a verb for ejaculation. Or as a noun for semen.  Thanks, teach!