Past tense of cum?

[elfin_odalisque]

Just a tiny thought, what is the non-sexual equivalent of the noun 'cum'?

This new (and not dictionary accepted) noun hasn't yet spawned a verb or adverb outgrowth. From come we have 'to come/came' and 'comely'. Surely the development is from 'Can I cum in your mouth?' and 'I am cummmmmmming'.


Personally, I prefer my erotica without the past tense of 'cum'. Surely, there are plenty more dramatic expressions for orgasmic ejaculation than the mundane, 'he came'?

 

[mynameisben]

The following is an unaltered excerpt from my first grade reader, officially sanctioned by the California State Board of Education in 1958.

"Look, Susan, Look! Here comes Dick."

Susan and Mary see Dick come.

Dick comes fast with his dog Flip.

Dick runs. Flip runs. Dick and Flip run fast.

"Oh, oh!" Susan said. "Flip comes faster than Dick!"

Flip came. Dick is still coming.

"Come, Dick. Come!"
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It's funny to think that, after all these years, the stories I read today are only cosmetically different from the excerpt above.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Dick comes fast with his dog Flip.

Isn't this bestiality?

(Just trying to be funny)

 

[mynameisben]

Isn't this bestiality?

(Just trying to be funny)

You're right. I hope the mods don't come after me now.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

You're right. I hope the mods don't come after me now.

I wouldn't be worried about the Mods as much as Flip.

 

[JackandJilldo]

Just use all of the rules for the word "come," with the exception of the past tense, which is always, "came."

Remember, "cum" is just a bastardized version of come; like thru, nite, etc.

 

[hottchic]

neither in this instance.

"I will not stop until you have come for me."

Although I don't think there's an authoritative ruling, generally, "cum" is used for the noun (the substance), and the verb is the various forms of "come." Come (present), came (past), will come (future), have come (present perfect), will have come (future perfect), had come (past perfect).

Some, though, do use "cum" for the verb. If you choose this route, it would be cum (present), cummed (past--something I don't think I've ever seen), will cum (future), have cum (present perfect), will have cum (future perfect), had cum (past perfect).

Whichever you choose, it should be consistent across your story.

Actually this explains a lot for me, so cum is a noun but not a verb is it?

This explains why my spell checker rejects cummed, cumming or cuming for that matter, but will happily accept cum.

What I have tended to do is use cum for the present tense but all other tenses I end up using conjugations of the verb to come.

Following what you say I should not do this because it is inconsistant, so if I wanted to use cum as a verb I would have to develop my own set of conjugations which I think is dangerous because these by definition would not be generally accepted.

On another note I have an issue with derivations arrising from the verb to fuck.

The verb is fully conjugated with: fuck, fucking, fucked, fucks etc

Yet when I try to use the adjective 'fuckable', my spell checker rejects it.

In this case I have the opinion that it should be allowed, and I think that anybody who reads it intuitively knows what it means so therefore I still use it.

I think in the case of reported speech the rules are much more flexible, here it is perfectly acceptable to say.

"He was cumming all over her breasts."

Because you are quoting what somebody says in the story, or even:

"I'm cccuuuuummmmiiiiinnnngggg."

 

[sr71plt]

Spell check is quite primitive. There are a lot of words that are fine that it can't handle. I use spell check as just that--a check. If something pops up as wrong or if it looks slightly wrong to me, I check it in the dictionary as well.

Also, "cum" isn't accepted by spell check because of this meaning. It has other meanings.

 

[Hoot47]

Ya'll take it easy......I'm getting too excited with all this talk of cum. It's making me want to! I will try to get back to you after I go to the picture section, fulfill my fantasy, and spewed my cum all over the place. In others words, I will be coming back to report my cumming after I have sufficiently cummed. ***Have at it editors. LOL***

 

[snoopercharmbrights]

... This explains why my spell checker rejects cummed, cumming or cuming for that matter, but will happily accept cum. ...

If you are referring to MSWord, you can add and/or exclude words yourself to adapt your spell checker to your own work.

I suspect that it may recognise "cum" as in "Magna Cum Laude" rather than in the sexual context.

 

[hottchic]

OK, well I had a look at some on-line dictionary definitions and it appears that the word cum can be used as a vulgar stand in for the verb come, either specifically related to sexual activity:

I was going to cum.

or just generally as a replacement for come:

Cum hither.

Following this logic the past tense for the verb cum should be came.

In this case; going to cum, have cum, had cum, will cum, will have cum, would have cum etc, should all be valid, but there may be disagreement about using cums to replace comes or cumming to replace coming.

 

[JayinCA]

It is came? or cummed? Example:

"I will not stop until you have came for me. "

...or would it be cummed for me?

I think its cummed, but that doesn't sound right.. or I am very tired.

I think the appropriate usage is "I will not stop until my tits are all sticky." Or "I will not stop until I've swallowed it all."

But maybe that's just me...

 

[driphoney]

Personally, I don't like the spelling "cum" for come, whether referring to the noun or verb usage of the word. I only write it when goofing off, never in story writing.

But that's just me.

 

[PennLady]

Personally, I don't like the spelling "cum" for come, whether referring to the noun or verb usage of the word. I only write it when goofing off, never in story writing.

But that's just me.

I guess I don't like it either, come (haha) to think of it. Like I said, I go by some of the submission guidelines I've seen, where "come" is the verb and "cum" is the noun. However, I don't think Ive ever used the word "cum." Doesn't seem to fit my stories.

 

[Spacefender]

'Cum' as a noun not a verb is something I can agree with. If I'm reading a story and I see 'cum' used as a verb it takes me right the hell out of the story and I usually end up hitting the back button. 'Cummed'? The word looks stupid. It's jarring. The word draws attention to itself which is bad in any type of story, never mind just porn.

I don't even prefer it for a noun to be honest. I can think of several different words for ejaculate that I would use before I would use 'cum'. But that's a personal preference I can live with when reading porn. Certainly, it's preferable to other words I've seen used such as 'babybatter' or 'mangoo'.

Personally, I prefer my erotica without the past tense of 'cum'. Surely, there are plenty more dramatic expressions for orgasmic ejaculation than the mundane, 'he came'?

Very true. Describing orgasm should be more involved than simply, "He came, she came, they all came."

 

[FastFinger4Her]

Reason Won't Let You Down

First of all, just because "cum" is a noun doesn't mean it can't also be a verb. Take the word "sum." It is a noun but also a verb as in "Sum up these numbers." The past tense, of course, is "summed." So it seems logical that the past tense of cum is "cummed."

Incidentally, I think "magna cum laude" means "big loud cum." I'm gooooinng now!

 

[PennLady]

First of all, just because "cum" is a noun doesn't mean it can't also be a verb. Take the word "sum." It is a noun but also a verb as in "Sum up these numbers." The past tense, of course, is "summed." So it seems logical that the past tense of cum is "cummed."

Incidentally, I think "magna cum laude" means "big loud cum." I'm gooooinng now!

I kind of hope you're kidding here. Just b/c a word is spelled similarly to another does not mean you can draw analogies or conclusions about how it should be used. "Sum" is a legit (perhaps not the best description, so I'm open to ideas) word that happens to have various meanings and usages, like "love." "Cum" is a slang word.

I agree that "cummed" looks and sounds silly.

 

[sr71plt]

Personally, I don't like the spelling "cum" for come, whether referring to the noun or verb usage of the word. I only write it when goofing off, never in story writing.

But that's just me.

I'll be happy when "cum" takes over for the spelling of the sex definition--both noun and verb--so it's distinguished from the other meanings.

 

[snoopercharmbrights]

... Take the word "sum." It is a noun but also a verb as in "Sum up these numbers." The past tense, of course, is "summed." So it seems logical that the past tense of cum is "cummed." ...

Sorry, but "sink", "sank", "sunk" does not imply "think", "thank", "thunk"; though perhaps the past participles "bummed", "gummed", and "hummed" work in your favour. Whimsically, has anyone considered the possibility of "to cumb" analogous to dumb and numb?

... Incidentally, I think "magna cum laude" means "big loud cum." I'm gooooinng now!

Actually it often means "big loud mouth" where "cum" is a misspelling of cwm.