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This was a case of deliberate premature ejaculation, not masturbation.
Or was it a case of withdrawal-- a form of birthcontrol (albeit a not very effective one), ie, malthusiamism?


Wasn't it the Shakers who disappeared because they eschewed intercourse? They probably never heard of Malthus!

There is a small community south of Portland, Oregon called Wanker's Corners. When the power goes out there, they fire up their generators made by the Onan Corporation! Yes, there really is such a company!

Now, to quote the Biblical Onan, "Oh! Oh! I'm coming!" Onan ejaculated.


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well, since you folks are on this subject anyhow, can someone tell me the etymology of ipsism?

was there someone, mythological or otherwise, named Ipsis?


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Ipse is an emphatic adjective in Latin and means amongst other things "the very" or "the ____ itself".

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Bill protests: Dear CK: are you suggesting a gangbang? For shame!

I don't remember saying that you should get a grip on each other.



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can someone tell me the etymology of ipsism?

I had not heard this word, so googled it. In amongst the lists of other words for the practice (makes perfect) was the phrase "ménage à un" which caught my eye. [All sorts of other phrases rather than "caught my eye" sprang unbidden to my mind but were all too apt]

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Ipse is an emphatic adjective in Latin and means amongst other things "the very" or "the ____ itself".

someone recently coined the word 'ipsonym', naming the thing, itself.


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"onani" certainly means wanking in japanese.

there's also the action:
why does gesturing an enthusiastic wank mean that the other person is crapping on?

and why SHOULDN'T jackie look?




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Why shouldn't Jackie look?


Please! Jackie is a southern lady. Ladies don't know anything about such things. The details of horsebreeding, who's laying up with whom around town, bastard relatives and exactly how they came to be begotten, and such like, yes, but not wanking.


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Ipse is an emphatic adjective in Latin

Emphatic, or reflexive? I thunk it was the latter. Being a solipsistic wanker, I doubt that what you say on it will matter, since only I exist anyway!


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If you are a solipsist, then presumably all sexual activity, whoever you may think you are with, would have to be wanking.

Ipse can be a reflexive as well as an emphatic. For the full story see: http://perseus.csad.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/lexindex?lookup=ipse&type=begin&options=Sort+Results+Alphabetically&lang=la

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