Re: "come" in the sense of orgasm: One of my research areas is the use
of obscenity to describe health concepts, so I happen to have
encountered this question before. The OED Third dates this usage to
"before 1650" and Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional
English to 1600.
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Quoting howard posner :
On Jun 7, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Stewart McCoy wrote:
The words "come" and "die" have two meanings.
If you're suggesting that "come" has an orgasm-related secondary
meaning, I think you're centuries early. I'm pretty certain Dowland
would not have started with "Come
