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Brady Kelly wrote: cum
You shouldnt use that word, use 'come'. 
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You should learn English.
cum1
kʌm/Submit
preposition
combined with; also used as (used to describe things with a dual nature or function).
"a study-cum-bedroom"
I think my used of "plug [combined with] programming answer" makes much more sense than "plug [come] programming answer", which actually isn't even English. How can a plug "come" anything? What is the exact nature of the verb "come" in such a nonsense string of words. It's derived from "cum" but used by fools than think "cum" means something naughty.
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Dear oh god, do I need to explain it!
It's use, and meaning, has been, shall we say, subverted. A bit like 'facial'. It is a word to avoid these days.
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A useful convention is to format words/phrases that are not English in an Italic font-face.
That will, of course, be nihil obstat for people with lascivious minds perceiving smut.
cheers, Bill
«Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.» Miss Piggy
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I like that convention as well when I, in fact, use non-English words or phrases. The only words not recognised by authorities like the OED[^] and Websters[^] as the English that I used are some proper nouns, which are all technically English words.
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Brady was right to use cum in this context. It's the Latin use of the word and means with, but could also be used as plus. You, of course, recognise the correct usage of the word from Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
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Its isn't so much what it's meaning was, but what it has become that makes it unusable.
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As it is still in common use in its common form, including in terms such as Magna Cum Laude and Summa Cum Laude, then it is perfectly acceptable to use it in the correct form, rather than the incorrectly spelled version of "come". Just because the word has also acquired a sexual term doesn't mean that it needs to be audited out of normal usage.
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Embedded in phrases it is still recognisable, used on it's own it's meaning has become 'polluted' shall we say.
And 'xxx come yyy' is not an incorrect sentence, it means xxx is like yyy, as in 'becomes'.
For example 'this is a request come cry for help'.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Just because the word has also acquired a sexual term doesn't mean that it needs to be audited out of normal usage
I do. Like 'facial', 'spunky', 'fanny', 'gang bang' and 'nonce' (to add words from either side of the pond), these are to be avoided in English because of their less apposite meanings. 
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'nonce' is used in cryptography to indicate a number that may be used only once. Lots of luck discussing cryptographic algorithms without using it. 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Pronounced en-once, or nonce?
In the UK a nonce is a paedo. Good luck pronouncing it the second way in the UK!
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I know many women who still innocently go for facials and it's wholesome, KSS fun for them.
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Of course, I agree with you Pete, but, it is interesting to note that in Cicero's writings he explains that the use of nobiscum is a work-around to avoid the possible use of cum nobis because, when spoken, the "m" and "n" are elided into an "n," and the resulting word was obscene.
In our times, editors vary in terms of whether Magna cum Laude and such must be set in an Italic font-face. Harvard Law School's resume format guide says they should be both italicized, and, in lower-case.
cheers, Bill
«Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.» Miss Piggy
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Not unless you are at the giggly schoolboy state of mental maturity.
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The "potential obscenity" of the word cum has a long history: see my response to Pete O'Hanlon here.
«Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.» Miss Piggy
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Watching a video and saw a Firefighter Lieutenant with the name Les McBurney.
Seriously.
Here's a news article referencing him[^]
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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And let's not forget Sheriff Buford T. Justice[^], who we know as fictional character, but:
Quote: "Buford T. Justice" was the name of a real Florida Highway Patrolman known to Burt Reynolds' father, who himself was once Chief of Police of Jupiter, Florida.
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That's almost as bad as 'Bad Lieutenant' (movie featuring Harvey Keitel)
Do you also think it is strange how in the US Lieutenant is pronounced as 'Leftenant' ...
By the way, I liked the movie !
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Quote: in the USUK Lieutenant is pronounced as 'Leftenant'
FTFY - seriously!
In the US it is pronounced "Loo-tenant" - like someone who spends all their time in the toilet.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Thank you, I think your reply is of a highly educational value 
But I was hoping for more Canadian reactions, they should now about this issue and could shed more light on the matter ...
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There is a consultant urologist working in the NHS in the UK called Nick Burns-Cox.
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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I just made and laid about 4 tonnes of concrete this morning, started at 6:30 am to avoid the heat, and now I feel like sh*t. Throat is swollen, body is absoloutely knackered, stiff, cant walk properly.
I hope red wine is a cure, here goes a bottle!
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I would say that's a symptom of age, not work. 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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You could be right, but then I never was one who liked physical work that much.
At 51 it starts to bite hard.
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