Can we talk about penises for a minute?

[coffeebuddha]

You know what really bothers me? I really don't like it when people describe a handjob as 'stripping' someone's cock in a fic. That just sounds painful.

And bloody.

And gross.

Also, the word cum? I can bite my tongue and almost peacefully deal with it as a noun since it's defined as a slang term for semen. However, it is impossible to cum, because nouns don't work that way. Don't verb nouns, guys. Just...don't. So if you absolutely must, then cover a character with cum, but make certain it's there because of someone coming.

Comments

[frost.livejournal.com]

...Haha, I have never come across that wording. Thank goodness.
(Yeah...that does sound rather painful, lol. D:)

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

It's not super common that I've seen, but it's def common enough to comment on. =/

[nomnivore.livejournal.com]

Ouch.

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

Yep. *winces*

[mildly-neurotic.livejournal.com]

I don't care for stripping either because I know it's a dairy animal milking term wherein the first squirt from a teat is stripped, ie: discarded as it is not sterile.

I have occasionally written the word cum, but prefer just writing come.

So I'm mostly in agreement even if I let the one lang sneak in here and there. LOL

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize it's a milking term. That almost makes it worse to me. =/

I don't know that I've ever written it as cum. It's pretty much always bothered me. lol

[mildly-neurotic.livejournal.com]

Yep. So when I do read it I can't picture a penis, immediately I envision a barn. LOL

[dlasta.livejournal.com]

Heh, bad porn is a sad, sad thing indeed.

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

The worst part is that I've seen both in what I'd otherwise consider to be good porn. Why, otherwise good authors, why?!

[dlasta.livejournal.com]

I'm fine with 'stripping' but using 'cum' is a crime. Everybody should know that.

To be fair, porn is hella hard to write. I get that sometimes it takes practice. ...still, if you can't, you can't and it really isn't the end of the world to just write other stuff.