-gasm

Back-formation from orgasm (“climax or peak of sexual pleasure”).

• enPR: -găz(ə)m
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /-ɡæz.əm/

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• (Received Pronunciation, Scotland) IPA^(key): /-ɡaz.əm/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /-ɡɛz.əm/
• (India) IPA^(key): /-ɡa(ː)z.əm/, /-ɡa(ː)z.ɪm/
• Rhymes: -æzəm
• Hyphenation: -gasm

-gasm (noun-forming suffix, plural -gasms) (informal)

1. Forms nouns for a method of orgasm.

   ‎nipple + ‎-gasm → ‎nipplegasm

2. (figurative) Forms nouns for an intensely “explosive” or pleasurable experience.

   ‎ear + ‎-gasm → ‎eargasm

• AGMs, AGSM, GMAs, Mags, gams, mags