# Santorum **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054 "2003-11-19T05:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hydrocortisone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Hydrocortisone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hydrocortisone)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/1 "2003-11-19T05:44:44Z")
Has anybody heard the term santorum used for that frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is somethimes the byproduct of anal sex that doesn’t read Savage Love? ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/2 "2003-11-19T09:01:18Z")
As a straight guy, I have to ask – Is a byproduct of anal sex literate? ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/3 "2003-11-19T11:13:12Z")
Well, it would certainly explain that smell in the library’s reading room. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/4 "2003-11-19T11:44:35Z")
I like how you describe it as “frothy.” Like a bunghole Julius or something. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/5 "2003-11-19T12:05:02Z")
Actually, that’s the exact wording that Savage used (and always uses, AFAIK) when defining the term. And the OP contains one of the best misplaced modifiers I have ever seen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@Beech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beech)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/6 "2003-11-19T12:21:04Z")
No chance of a TMI in the title then?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/7 "2003-11-19T13:03:48Z")
Am I the only person who though this thread would be about the Senator? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/8 "2003-11-19T13:11:59Z")
Nope, **Gov** , you and me both. As a liberal, I’m wondering if there’s some etymological connection there, though. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/9 "2003-11-19T13:13:29Z")
It is about the Senator aka that frothy mixture of fecal matter and lube that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex. They’re one in the same. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/10 "2003-11-19T13:15:40Z")
To enlighten: Dan Savage, columnist on matters sexual, took issue with the Senator. He requested that readers come up with another use for the Senator’s name. The winning entry was: santorum - that frothy mixture of fecal matter and lube that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex. Savage has been waging a campaign to get the term into general use. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/11 "2003-11-19T13:49:20Z")
If Dan Savage wanted to get the term into general usage, he really should have chosen a less obcure definition. The subject of frothy poop ‘n’ lube just doesn’t get into most people’s conversation very often. ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/12 "2003-11-19T14:10:00Z")
Well, remember that Savage took issue with the senator because of his comments about homosexuality. The gay community probably has a little more experience with anal sex than the straight community. LC ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/13 "2003-11-19T14:12:13Z")
Visit the Onion this week and Savage’s column has some more to say on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/14 "2003-11-19T16:28:36Z")
maybe a synonym for asshole could be Savage. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/15 "2003-11-19T16:52:48Z")
> [@](#): > > maybe a synonym for asshole could be Savage. “Asshole” already has a name. “Santorum” didn’t. If you don’t like the term, don’t use it. No need to be a pissy bitch about it. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/16 "2003-11-19T16:53:28Z")
new term for pissy bitch-Otto (i’m kidding) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/17 "2003-11-19T19:50:23Z")
**Moderator’s Notes:** > [@](#): > > Asshole" already has a name. “Santorum” didn’t. If you don’t like the term, don’t use it. No need to be a pissy bitch about it. And there’s no need for comments of this type in MPSIMS either. But that didn’t stop you, did it? But you’re gonna now. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/18 "2003-11-19T21:08:55Z")
Wrist-slap accepted. Wrist-slap to the response expected. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/19 "2003-11-20T01:57:36Z")
Otto, you were huffy! thats not like you. I said i was kidding. And here I mentioned you in the dopers I want to meet thread. Its up to UncleBeer. I’d thought it was a humorous response. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054/20 "2003-11-20T04:30:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AskNott \* > \*\*The subject of frothy poop ‘n’ lube just doesn’t get into most people’s conversation very often. \*\* Speak for yourself. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santorum/214054.md?page=2)