Celtic Queen wrote:(From the Is it Unmanly? thread)
We have a bunch of unsatisfactory terms to try and communicate a very complex emotional process and roles. .... We lack a decent lexicon to subtract something rather pure, fine and loving out of the murk of porn and negativity.
I love the power of words and couldn't agree more with CQ on this one. What words or expression do you use or would like to see added to the dictionary of unfucking?
For example let's start with while Keyholder is a fairly universal term for the person who holds the keys we appear to have no similar term for the man who is locked. Anybody fancy a stab at that one?
poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another
Getting serious for a moment, the expression "chastized male" really irritates my inner grammar Nazi. "Chastise" actually means to punish or discipline, and as we all know, most of us don't consider this to be a punishment. However, it's an understandable error because the words are so similar; however, they do not actually have the same root. To chasten actually means to whip, and IIRC, is related to the word castigate.
I've heard someone suggest "chastitifed" which is probably a more proper use of the word "chastity," although it doesn't exactly roll fluidly off the tongue. But maybe it's better than the alternative.
Tom Allen wrote:Getting serious for a moment, the expression "chastized male" really irritates my inner grammar Nazi.
I've heard someone suggest "chastitifed" which is probably a more proper use of the word "chastity," although it doesn't exactly roll fluidly off the tongue. But maybe it's better than the alternative.
Could not agree more. It turns my stomach at times. As I have often said, Jnuts is my husband, not my dog. I do not need to punish, or "chastize" him but he is in chastity because we BOTH want it.
: innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse
: celibate
: pure in thought and act : modest
a : severely simple in design or execution : austere <chaste classicism>
b : clean, spotless
— chaste·ly adverb
— chaste·ness noun