-gasm

suffix — 2 senses

-gasm

suffix

AU, CA, US, UK /-ɡæz.əm/ · UK, SC /-ɡaz.əm/

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

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 flows2011, “Stargasm”, in The Hunter, performed by Mastodon:

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