Mike Barnicle

Sixteen times a year, all thirty-two NFL teams give us what we're looking for: speed, skill, violence, fantasy league orgasms and a final score. No confusion. No doubt. No indecision. A winner and a loser.

American Journalist

Used primarily in intimate, private situations to describe a sexual peak.

Intimate Context

While it's a scientific term, 'orgasm' is commonly used in casual conversation about sex.

Colloquial Usage

Sometimes used metaphorically to describe a peak experience in non-sexual contexts.

Metaphorical Use

 Now, you know, I like a quickie as much as the next person, but I think that there's an awful lot to be gained from slow sex -- from slowing down in the bedroom. You know, you tap into that -- those deeper, sort of, psychological, emotional, spiritual currents, and you get a better orgasm with the buildup.

Carl Honore: In praise...

 orgasm in 30 seconds so you know even sex is on a stopwatch these days now I you know I I like a quickie as much as the next person but I think that there's an awful lot to be gained from slow sex from slowing down in the bedroom you know you tap into that those deeper sort

Praising slowness - Carl...

 We are the only ones who have an erotic life, which means that it's sexuality transformed by the human imagination. We are the only ones who can make love for hours, have a blissful time, multiple orgasms, and touch nobody, just because we can imagine it.

The secret to desire in...

 And they said, "Well, it's great for market research." But they were data-mining their customers' orgasms. And they weren't telling them about it. I mean, even if you're cavalier about privacy, I hope that you would admit that's a step too far.

What your smart devices...

 There's another way that orgasm might boost fertility. This one involves men. Sperm that sit around in the body for a week or more start to develop abnormalities that make them less effective at head-banging their way into the egg.

Mary Roach: 10 things...

 were now experiencing fantastic orgasm. That was the last time I was asked to interpret. But in that little story, there's a wisdom, which is, as soon as you think you know something about this extraordinary civilization

Are China and the US...

 that I should be having orgasms, and that white men should figure out how to find the clitoris." Apparently, white men have a problem finding the clitoris. Just saying, it wasn't me. It was Dolly that said that.

Khadija Gbla: My...

 probably weren't that good at bringing women to orgasm when they were helping women come to orgasm their hands got tired like a lot of manual tasks that are difficult and possibly onerous it

Birth of the Vibrator PIPE...

 there would be no in swimming sports there would be no Venus and Serena making orgasm sounds on the tennis court that would be there would be none of that you know you guys don't know this

TEDWomen 2015 in review...

 witnessed a woman have a 45-minute orgasm -- I am not making this up -- as she tapped into the energy of the universe -- I think I'm going to go back there --

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