May. 7th, 2015

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Title: Mastubari, in the Latin
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing/Characters: River Tam
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 412
Prompt: For [livejournal.com profile] mmom and the [community profile] allbingo prompt "masturbation"
Summary: River knows the etymology, she knows the basics, but she needs more than dry jargon to understand and explore her sexuality.
Content Notes and tags: No standard warnings apply. Masturbation (obviously). Etymology.
Also @ AO3
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Note: Most online dictionaries agree with the introductory etymology of the word. The online etymology dictionary gives more detail, including the idea that "perhaps the first element represents an unattested *mazdo- "penis" [OED]. An earlier technical word for this was Onanism." I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by the penis/male emphasis.
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