-gasm
English
Etymology
Back-formation from orgasm (“climax or peak of sexual pleasure”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /-ɡæ.zəm/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æzəm
Suffix
-gasm
- (informal) Forms nouns for a method of orgasm.
- nipple + -gasm → nipplegasm
- (informal, figuratively) Forms nouns for an intensely "explosive" or pleasurable experience.