Question about word usage

[nightspring]

Well, I've found this varies somewhat from fandom to fandom, and since I haven't come across this in SGA fandom yet, so...

Use of "cum" for "come" in a sex scene. How much does it bother you? Do you differentiate between usage, that is, use "cum" for the noun and "come" for the verb? Any input appreciated, thanks!

ETAWhile I appreciate all your

Comments

[_inbetween_]

Please, don't cum! *g*

[nightspring]

LOL, ok. But, "His cum splattered onto the wall" or "His come splattered onto the wall"?

[_inbetween_]

*cracks up* Don't splatter CUM ON MY WALLS!

[nightspring]

heee! that's a great icon, but who's this guy? he's bopping up and down too fast for me to see his face! :(

[claudiasharon]

I prefer cum but that's just because it's what I'm used to.

[lillian78]

It makes me completely and totally nuts to see it used.

[alearose]

Well, as a linguistics buff, both are "vulgar slang", but in the technical use of words, "come" does have the meaning of reaching a particular state or condition, and "cum" is actually Latin for "with", so in my mind at least, reading "cum" is like fingernails down a chalkboard to me. It's something that I think most people gloss right over though when a story is great. ;) I know some of my favorite authors in the past have had their slash pairings "cum" all over the place, and well, they were great writers.

[trobadora]

reading "cum" is like fingernails down a chalkboard to me

Oh my God, yes. For exactly the reasons you name.

[_inbetween_]

I was chatting the other day and innocently mentioned I had just eaten a sandwich, something like "ham + cream cheese cum horse raddish" and for ages didn't understand their reaction ...

[trobadora]

Oh, how we suffer for using a word the right way!

*giggles helplessly*

[trobadora]

*shudders* I absolutely hate that word. It throws me right out of the story no matter what.