# Where the F\*\*\* did “cum” come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 8, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-f-did-cum-come-from/387184 "2007-01-08T18:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-f-did-cum-come-from/387184/81 "2007-01-12T13:56:11Z")
I’m curious: can someone email me **rogue568** ’s rant, if anyone other than him happened to copy and paste it somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-f-did-cum-come-from/387184/82 "2007-01-12T14:26:06Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Wow, that was like one of those Magic Eye 3D vision thingies from the 80’s. I’m staring at it going, “I don’t ge------OH!” 😃 [/QUOTE] I noticed it the first time I saw it (maybe I just have a dirty mind). I was wide eyed & dropped jaw, thinking “Who thought that one up?” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-f-did-cum-come-from/387184/83 "2007-01-12T14:43:56Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I noticed it the first time I saw it (maybe I just have a dirty mind). I was wide eyed & dropped jaw, thinking “Who thought that one up?” :eek: [/QUOTE] I feel like a failure in the dirty mind department. I keep looking and not seeing. Of course, I could never do the Magic Eye things either. I’m going to pout now. And then study the Krebs cycle. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-f-did-cum-come-from/387184/84 "2007-01-12T14:47:59Z")
[QUOTE=BlueKangaroo] I feel like a failure in the dirty mind department. I keep looking and not seeing. Of course, I could never do the Magic Eye things either. I’m going to pout now. And then study the Krebs cycle. [/QUOTE] I got it by reading it backwards. the 11 makes the last two legs of an “M” shape, and the curves of the CW make a CU shape, with an extra leg to complete the “M”. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-f-did-cum-come-from/387184/85 "2007-01-12T14:59:17Z")
Ah. I looked at that, but didn’t quite see it. I guess I needed all the “connections”. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-f-did-cum-come-from/387184/86 "2007-01-12T22:01:20Z")
I just got some spam email. > [@](#): > > We are in search of a trustworthy investment Expert cum funds manager, Well it made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-f-did-cum-come-from/387184/87 "2007-01-12T22:08:01Z")
Cum cum. What’s the big deal? That’s only twice and I feel great. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-f-did-cum-come-from/387184/88 "2007-01-12T22:09:39Z")
[QUOTE=RedFury] Cum cum. What’s the big deal? That’s only twice and I feel great. [/QUOTE] How old are you? ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-f-did-cum-come-from/387184/89 "2007-01-12T22:22:45Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] How old are you? [/QUOTE] Cum again? ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-f-did-cum-come-from/387184/90 "2007-01-12T22:24:56Z")
[QUOTE=RedFury] Cum again? [/QUOTE] Again? That make 3 then? A late starter but seems to be getting the hang of it now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-f-did-cum-come-from/387184.md?page=4)