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-gasm en · X

Pronunciation

• -găz(ə)m
• /-ɡaz.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
• /-ɡɛz.əm/ (New-Zealand)
• /-ɡa(ː)z.əm/ (India)
• /-ɡa(ː)z.ɪm/ (India)
• (US) audio
• /-ɡæz.əm/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Back-formation from orgasm (“climax or peak of sexual pleasure”).

Meanings

1. (informal, morpheme) Forms nouns for a method of orgasm.
   • nipple + -gasm → nipplegasm
2. (figuratively, informal, morpheme) Forms nouns for an intensely “explosive” or pleasurable experience.
   • ear + -gasm → eargasm
   • The temple of bodies / A building with souls / Given the cosmos / As we let go / As we let go / Locked in a dance / Surrounding the moon / This far from the clouds / Stargasm flows 2011, “Stargasm”, in The Hunter, performed by Mastodon:

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