different between byproduct vs santorum

English

Alternative forms

• by-product

Etymology

From by- +? product.

Noun

byproduct (plural byproducts)

1. Alternative form of by-product

Translations

English

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 which defined the term, and helped to promote it. See Campaign for the neologism "santorum" for further information.

Rick Santorum's surname, in turn, comes from Italian; see Santorum for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /san?t????m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sæn?t???m/
• Rhymes: -????m
• Hyphenation: san?to?rum

Noun

santorum (uncountable)

1. (neologism, sex, slang) A frothy mixture of lubricant and fecal matter as an occasional byproduct of anal sex. [from 21st c.]
2. (neologism, slang, derogatory) Shit: rubbish, worthless matter, nonsense, bull. [from 21st c.]

Quotations

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:santorum.

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society most outrageous words of the year

References

Further reading

• American Dialect Society's Word of the Year, Most Outrageous category (2004)
• Spreading Santorum, the website created by Dan Savage to document the spread of the phenomenon
• Santorum, background at Rotten.com
• Santorum, analysis of the phenomenon at Know Your Meme by Rocketboom

Anagrams

• Rotumans, romaunts