# Noun form of specific sexual act. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 13, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705 "2003-12-13T01:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/1 "2003-12-13T01:35:32Z")
What is the noun form of ‘act of cunnilingus’? As in, “This certificate entitles the bearer to 10 (word here).” It’s for a Christmas present, if anyone wants to know. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/2 "2003-12-13T01:48:29Z")
Trying to make amends for those rancid Mother’s Day chocolates? [sub]Aw, c’mon, you were all thinking of making similar jokes, admit it![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/3 "2003-12-13T01:52:14Z")
Cunnilingation? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/4 "2003-12-13T01:52:58Z")
Cunnilingalizing. ---
**Author:** ![hyjyljyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@hyjyljyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyjyljyj)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/5 "2003-12-13T01:54:38Z")
Why limit it to 10? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/6 "2003-12-13T01:56:51Z")
Cunniling. As in, “I’d like to give you a good cunniling, Halle.” ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/7 "2003-12-13T02:07:09Z")
I don’t think there is a noun form per se. Try something like '"This certificate entitles the bearer to ten acts of cunnlingus. Hey, it beats a sharp stick up there." ---
**Author:** ![Redsland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de0a6/32.png) [@Redsland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redsland)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/8 "2003-12-13T02:20:58Z")
I hope this isn’t a Secret Santa-type thing. ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/9 "2003-12-13T03:19:29Z")
Cunnilingus is a noun. It sounds to me like you want the plural of cunnilingus. Which, I suppose, is “cunnilingi” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/10 "2003-12-13T03:33:15Z")
Nah, that’s when manage to get two tongues in there. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/11 "2003-12-13T03:33:51Z")
Perhaps to answer these questions we need some cunning linguists. My tongue is damp. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/12 "2003-12-13T03:36:48Z")
Beer make Mudd lose track of pronoun and sense of propriety. :o ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/13 "2003-12-13T03:37:19Z")
This may be one of those situations where a less specific term may be the better word choice. I, for one, have never thought of “cunnilingus” as a particularly romantic term. “Fellatio,” neither, for that matter. But hey, whatever floats the boat… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/14 "2003-12-13T03:38:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Redsland \* > \*\*I hope this isn’t a Secret Santa-type thing. \*\* Hilarious. I wet my pants. How about just “This card entitles the bearer to wake me up and make me go down on her a dozen or so times”? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/15 "2003-12-13T04:18:39Z")
If you have facial hair, it’s “moustache rides.” ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/16 "2003-12-13T05:00:55Z")
We call them P.L.'s It works for either gender… ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/17 "2003-12-13T06:31:10Z")
_Cunnilingus_ is an example of an [_uncountable {u}_ noun](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=18931&dict=CALD) or [_mass noun_](http://www.bartleby.com/68/95/3795.html). IOW, there is no plural form because it’s an abstraction. For example, _love_, is a noun. So, would you say, “This coupon entitles you to ten loves.”? No. We’d say, “acts of love.” And so, in the same way, we would have to use the phrase “…ten acts (or performances, or evenings, or dirty deeds, or sloppy slurps) of cunnilingus.” Or, “…ten cunnilingual acts.” ## Peace. [www.onelook.com](http://www.onelook.com) and [www.bartleby.com](http://www.bartleby.com) should be shortcuts on everyone’s browser. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/18 "2003-12-13T06:48:14Z")
Buy _why_ is there no word for it? There’s a male word: “This coupon entitles you to ten blowjobs.” We should make up a feminine counterpart. Ten clit-lickin’s 😛 ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/19 "2003-12-13T08:08:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eleusis \* > \*\*Buy _why_ is there no word for it? > > There’s a male word: “This coupon entitles you to ten blowjobs.” > > We should make up a feminine counterpart. \*\* Lickjobs. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noun-form-of-specific-sexual-act/218705/20 "2003-12-13T08:42:00Z")
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