The language of explicit fiction, preposition edition

[firecat]

Part of what I enjoy about reading smutty fanfic is noticing the language people use. So I am amused to notice that there are multiple prepositions used when describing someone having an orgasm while being penetrated.

You can come "on" the penetrating object, or "around" it. Not too surprising. But then I encountered coming "for" it. (Mostly in D/s stuff.)

So far I've not seen any of the other prepositions used to describe that particular act, although they get to have their fun describing other acts.

I think "aboard" would work. And it adds interesting possibilities to the phrase "Permission to come aboard, sir?"

"against" would also work.

Some of the rest conjure up really absurd images. I'm tempted to try to write scenes that use them.

List of prepositions I used to write this post (from
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/List-of-prepositions.htm):
• aboard
• about
• above
• across
• after
• against
• along
• amid
• among
• around
• as
• at
• before
• behind
• below
• beneath
• beside
• between
• beyond
• but
• by
• concerning
• considering
• despite
• down
• during
• except
• following
• for
• from
• in
• inside
• into
• like
• minus
• near
• next
• of
• off
• on
• onto
• opposite
• out
• outside
• over
• past
• per
• plus
• regarding
• round
• save
• since
• than
• through
• till
• to
• toward
• under
• underneath
• unlike
• until
• up
• upon
• versus
• via
• with
• within
• without

Comments

[silveradept]

The prepositions of orgasm seems like one of those subjects that is a thing that isn't thought of until it becomes necessary, because some prepositions just don't work.

[firecat]

It's kind of delightful to me, from several directions, that it's thought of at all. Humans and our languages and what we use them for are just so interesting.