cum
cum Lexical Profile
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• preposition
Combined with; also used as (used typically with hyphens between two nouns to describe a person or thing with a dual nature or function).
"They converted the spare bedroom into a cozy study-cum-guest room."
• noun
Semen or vaginal fluid ejaculated or secreted during sexual climax (vulgar slang).
"The clinical survey noted that younger respondents frequently used the slang term cum rather than medical terminology."
• verb
To experience sexual orgasm or ejaculate (vulgar slang).
"The adult education pamphlet used frank vernacular to explain what happens physiologically when a person cums."
Word Nuance & Usage
As a preposition linking two nouns (as in 'kitchen-cum-dining room'), 'cum' is entirely formal and derives from Latin; however, its unhyphenated noun and verb senses are explicit sexual slang and should be avoided in formal contexts.
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Word Origin & Etymology
The preposition is borrowed directly from the Latin preposition 'cum', meaning 'with'. The slang noun and verb senses originated in the 20th century as an eye-dialect respelling of the verb 'come'.
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