"come face"

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Wed Oct 18 20:05:24 UTC 2006


On Oct 18, 2006, at 12:20 PM, Charlie Doyle wrote:

> I guess I really DIDN'T know that!  The primary entry for "cum
> face" in Urban Dictionary defines the term as what we're calling
> "come face" (I think).  And many of the (many) Googlish instances
> suggest a synonomy.

well, yes -- presumably these are from people who have the spelling
"cum" for the orgasmic verb.  an awful lot are clearly noun-noun
compounds with "cum" 'semen' as the first element.

> Should I be feeling naive and sheltered?  (I do live in the South,
> and my grandaddy was a Freewill Baptist preacher!)

hey, the south has cities and all sorts of stuff.

arnold

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