onanist
9.9
A person who touches their own private parts to feel pleasure
- noun
- /ˈoʊnənɪst/
- NSFW
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masturbador
- Free, with the fury of a teenage onanist, I began to take pictures in all directions: of black prostitutes and young black policewomen, of black boys wearing ragged woolen caps and thin jackets, of old people huddled around a garbage can turned into a street fireplace, of abandoned houses.
Examples
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He's an onanist.
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He's nothing but an onanist!
Fiction book (1998) -
posted by Onanist at 1:53 AM on November 5, 2008
Blog text (13) -
What's an onanist?
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He admitted to being an onanist when he was alone on weekends.
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After reading about the subject, she realized that being an onanist is more common than people think.
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Some people may consider an onanist as someone who indulges in private pleasures.
Synonyms
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8.6
A person who touches their own private parts for sexual pleasure
is an alternative term that differs mainly in tone or formality
Surface Forms
Etymology
Onanist comes from the Bible name Onan and the ending -ist, which means 'a person'. In the Bible story, Onan 'spilled his seed' instead of producing a child, so onanist came to mean someone who practices masturbation.