The clean-gasm

Friday’s Zits:   (#1) The playful libfix –gasm, extracted from orgasm and suggesting great satisfaction (akin to orgasm). Here attached to clean (either Adj or V, probably Adj), Not apparently taken up on this blog before, but –gasm got some press on Language Log, from Geoff Pullum on 2/8/10 in “Isms, gasms, etc.”, where Geoff … Continue reading The clean-gasm