# Spelling the other word for 'orgasm'

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-the-other-word-for-orgasm/242704 "2004-04-29T17:43:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-the-other-word-for-orgasm/242704/41 "2004-05-01T20:47:42Z")

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could someone direct me to the “pejn in de ballzeck\*” thread?  
\*ok its dutch and I don’t know how to spell it.

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**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-the-other-word-for-orgasm/242704/42 "2004-05-02T08:12:32Z")

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> [@emekthian](#):
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> It it just me, or does anyone else think of the Latin word for “with” when they see “cum”, and pronounce it “koom”?

I, too, am a Latin nerd, so occasionally, yes.

On a side note, I, like, commas.

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**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-the-other-word-for-orgasm/242704/43 "2004-05-02T12:14:56Z")

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“Cum” is semen. It is NOT the same as “come”. Phrases like “cum over here” make me think, damn I can’t ejaculate THAT far.

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-the-other-word-for-orgasm/242704/44 "2004-05-02T14:30:30Z")

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“_Come_ together, right now, over me.”

“_Cum_ together, right now, over me.”

With apologies to The Beatles, which would YOU prefer? BTW, did the term come/cum stem from the act of having, or wanting to have, simultaneous orgasms with one’s partner?

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