soaking
/sˈoʊkɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The practice of inserting a penis into a vagina and remaining stationary, without thrusting, supposedly used by Mormons in lieu of traditional sexual intercourse.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ""We came on a wild-goose chase", grumbled one, as he stirred the fire. "Got nothing but a soaking for our pains"."
- "That's probably why everyone is already having anal sex in ninth grade. I mean, let's face it, even the Mormons are soaking."
- "Mormonism is a culture very much predicated on puritanical commitments[…]the Amazon series Alpha House[…]made much of Mormon soaking, an alternative sex practice engaged in by two LDS characters on the show. Soaking basically allows for penis-vagina penetration but absolutely no friction. Insertion is OK; pumping will send you to hell."
- "This all-or-nothing attitude implies that penetration equal sex. (Although throngs of folks raised in abstinence-based religions might [take this view]. My favorite is the Mormon concept of "soaking," which means a man sticks his penis in a vagina but doesn't move it around, therefore it somehow doesn't count as sex. Gimme a break.)"
- "I shuddered as I stood and looked round me: it was an inclement day for outdoor exercise; not positively rainy, but darkened by a drizzling yellow fog; all under foot was still soaking wet with the floods of yesterday."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak + -ing. First attested in c. 1440 in the Promptorium parvulorum.
Origin
- Source language: Middle English
- First known use: First attested in c. 1440
Word Breakdown
- Root: soukynge