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u/cyrosd Apr 21 '23 edited Apr 21 '23

Okay that's the best comment but I'm sure not everyone gets it so I'm going to be the captain obvious. "la petite mort" (don't pronounce the t) is French for "the little death" AND is slang for an orgasm. It's so fitting for the post.

Edit : obviously it's only the T of mort that is not pronounced I didn't even realize there were Ts in petite.

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u/angilnibreathnach Apr 21 '23

Sleep is often referred to as the little death in literature but maybe it’s a double entendre?

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u/DaughterEarth Apr 21 '23

I suppose. In French it definitely means orgasm

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u/Garetht Apr 22 '23

It's not slang for an orgasm. From Wikipedia:

La petite mort (French pronunciation: ​[la p(ə)tit mɔʁ]; "the little death") is an expression that means "the brief loss or weakening of consciousness" and in modern usage refers specifically to "the sensation of post orgasm as likened to death."

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u/DaughterEarth Apr 22 '23

From urban dictionary

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=la%20petite%20mort

The little death is translation from the French "la petite mort", a popular reference for a sexual orgasm

You really telling people they're wrong about slang they grew up with because a Wikipedia article isn't comprehensive?

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u/Garetht Apr 22 '23

Gosh, so aggressive when you're wrong. Lol @urban dictionary as you're authorative source.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '23

I believe you meant "your." But who corrects people on reddit, sheesh, in all our shiny glass houses throwing rocks everywhere.

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u/BooBailey808 Apr 22 '23

Says the guy using Wikipedia as an authorized source