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come verb- to experience an orgasm UK, 1600
Also spelt “cum”. - In a jiff I was in; but for some strange reason I couldn’t come; all 19-year-old cockmasters can’t come, you know this as well as I do. — Jack Kerouac, Letter to Neal Cassady, p. 299, 10 January 1951
- “Who’s talking about ‘go?” demanded Liv. “The girls want to come! Am I right, Can?” — Terry Southern, Candy, p. 49, 1958
- You’re doing this just to give me the pleasure of coming, you’re so kind. — Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, p. 47, 1958
- “You came, Boston,” he remarked with the air of a satisfied instructor. — Mary McCarthy, The Group, p. 37, 1963
- Tom licked every inch of Johnny’s body, and Johnny came in his mouth–sometimes several times a day. — John Rechy, Numbers, p. 32, 1967
- He was afraid she would come too soon; he was afraid he might come too soon. — Cecil Brown, The Life & Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger, p. 75, 1969
- That’s some chick, coming under these kinda conditions. — Saturday Night Fever, 1977
- “I can come eighteen times in one day, easily,” Levenson bragged to Al while visiting the Screw executive offices. — Josh Alan Friedman, Tales of Times Square, p. 98, 1986
- He reached under the covers and touched his groin. Maybe if he came he wouldn’t need to cry. — Francesca Lia Block, I Was a Teenage Fairy, p. 97, 1998
- Fuck that, I didn’t get to cum yet. — Kevin Smith, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, p. 94, 2001
- to yield to bribery or persuasion UK
- — G.F. Newman, Sir, You Bastard, 1970
- to behave in a specified way UK, 1837
- Don’t change your mind, don’t come all orchid eyes; don’t change your mind, don’t disguise the fear you feel[.] — Peter Hammill, Rubicon, 1972
▶ bring come your lot to experience an orgasm UK An elaboration of COMEI got the feeling that he was coming his lot in his trousers. — John Peter Jones, Feather Pluckers, p. 150, 1964▶ come a cropper to fall heavily; to be the victim of an accident UK From hunting jargon, “a cropper” (a fall).- [T]he law of averages says the more fights you have, the chance of you coming a cropper increases. — Dave Courtney, Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off, p. 225, 1999
▶ come a tumble to detect something, to fathom something, to understand something UK Rhyming slang for RUMBLE- If your boss comes a tumble he’ll march you straight down the nick. — Ray Puxley, Cockney Rabbit, 1992
▶ come big (of a bettor in horse racing) to bet more than usual on a race AUSTRALIA- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 16, 1989
▶ come down like trained pigs in horse racing, to finish a race exactly as predicted US- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 21, 1951
▶ come from to emanate from; to expose the philosophical basis for a statement or action US Another vague term of the 1960s.- If you can check where I’m coming from, I’m talking about the class struggle. — Bobby Seale, A Lonely Rage, p. 295, 1978
▶ come high or come low no matter what TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ come home (of the effects of LSD) to dwindle, diminish and vanish US- — Jim Crotty, How to Talk American, p. 87, 1997
▶ come home early in horse racing, to establish and hold an early lead to win a race US- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 21, 1951
▶ come hot in a confidence swindle, to complete the swindle that the victim immediately understands to have been a swindle US- — M. Allen Henderson, How Con Games Work, p. 218, 1985
▶ come like salt to be in great abundance TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ come out the side of your neck to speak foolishly US- You know I don’t stand for no lame coming out the side of his neck with me. — Miguel Pinero, Short Eyes, p. 13, 1975
▶ come over all peculiar to feel suddenly physically indisposed or emotionally upset UK A later variant of COME OVER ALL QUEERQUEERThe contribution of these two to April Fools’ Day was to stage a dance routine in one of their shows during which Dec came over all peculiar and passed out on the floor. — Evening Standard (London), 2 April 2003▶ come over all queer to feel suddenly physically indisposed or emotionally upset UK, 1937- [O]wners who come over all queer at the sight of someone in a camouflage jacket are gradully becoming the minority. — The Scotsman, 31 July 2004
▶ come over all unnecessary; go all unnecessary to become sexually excited UK, 1984- The Bride Stripped Bare might sound like the sort of novel to make a chap come over all unnecessary[.] — The Times, 2 July 2003
▶ come sick to experience the bleed period of the menstrual cycle US, 1948- — Frederic G. Cassidy, Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume 1, p. 737, 1985
▶ come the acid; come the old acid; come the old acid drop to be heavily sarcastic or especially impudent UK, 1962 From ACIDTried to come the old acid wiv me. — Viv Stanshall, Ginger Geezer, 1981▶ come the bludge on to sponge upon someone AUSTRALIA From BLUDGEWhat’s the big idea, coming to bludge on us? — D’Arcy Niland, Call Me..., 1958▶ come the cunt; come the old cunt to be particularly obstreperous or unpleasant UK From CUNT“Don’t come the cunt with me, mate!” uttered as a threat. — Beale, 1984▶ come the old soldier- to wheedle, to impose on someone UK, 1818
Of military origin. - If your builder’s trying to come the old soldier and kid you up that the garage he’s building is just like the swimming pool you ordered, your arquitecto’s on hand to say oi, get your finger out.. — buyaspanishhome.com, 26 June 2003
- to hector someone, to domineer someone, by virtue of supposed greater knowledge UK, 1984
Deriving from the likely behaviour of the longest-serving soldier in the barracks. - I don’t want to come the old-soldier-back-from-the-wars here, but I am certain that if Tony Blair went out and smelt the burning carcasses–and the despair–he would instantly reach the same conclusion. — Guardian, 20 March 2001
▶ come the raw prawn- to try to deceive someone or impose upon them AUSTRALIA, 1942
A raw prawn is hard to swallow. - Now look here Eric don’t come the raw prawn with me. — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- to behave in a recalcitrant manner UK, 1979
Heard among Irish labourers. ▶ come the tin man to bluff; to make yourself a nuisance UK, 1962 ▶ come the tin soldier; come the old tin soldier to be impertinent or obstructive UK An elaboration and slight shift in sense from COME THE OLD SOLDIER[D]on’t come the old tin soldier with me! — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977▶ come to grief- to get into serious trouble; to fail UK, 1850
- I used to tell people in the 60s and 70s–a long, long time ago–that the Soviet Union will come to grief[.] — M. Job, Trinidad and Tobago Parliament (Hansard), 15 October 1999
- to take a tumble; to have a fall UK, 1854
Usually sporting. Novelist and former jockey Dick Francis, puns both senses in the book title Come to Grief, 1995. ▶ come your mutton (of a male) to masturbate UK, 1961 ▶ come your turkey (of a male) to masturbate UK, 1961 |