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santorum

Pronunciation: /sanˈtɔːɹəm/

The English word “santorum” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A frothy mixture of lubricant and fecal matter as an occasional byproduct of anal sex.
  2. Shit: rubbish, worthless matter, nonsense, bull.

Etymology

From the surname of former US Senator Rick Santorum (born 1958). After Santorum made statements comparing homosexuality to bestiality and opining that mutually consenting adults do not have a constitutional right to privacy with respect to sexual acts, US columnist Dan Savage gathered input from his readers and held a contest for definitions to "memorialize the scandal". Savage set up a website…

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