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fapstronaut

fapstronaut noun: a person who abstains from masturbation.

Noun

fapstronaut (plural fapstronauts)

  1. (slang) A person who abstains from masturbation.
    • Fapstronauts, of course, are easy to make sport of.2014, Matt Labash, The Seven Deadly Virtues, page 106
    • “Some Fapstronauts are here to improve their interpersonal relationships, whether it be for a marriage, a relationship, or single life,” Rhodes said.2014 March 13, Kickin' Ass, Takin' Names, “Biblethumpers . . . most of whom can be found at Bible camp spanking the monkey or beating around the bush . . . have tried everything they can to ruin it...

Examples of fapstronaut in a sentence

  • Meanwhile, r/NoFap’s front page encourages new fapstronauts to visit the subreddit r/Fapstronauts which serves as a noticeboard connecting r/NoFap users with accountability partners.2015, Gilad Visotsky, The Click Trap, page 39:
  • The website NoFap, an offshoot of a popular Reddit message board founded by a now-retired Google contractor, provides community members (“fapstronauts”) a program to quit “fapping”—masturbating.2018 November 13, Kate Julian, “Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?”, in The Atlantic:

Forms of fapstronaut

pluralfapstronauts

Origin of fapstronaut

Blend of fap + astronaut.

Questions about fapstronaut

What does fapstronaut mean?
Fapstronaut means a person who abstains from masturbation.
How do you use fapstronaut in a sentence?
Meanwhile, r/NoFap’s front page encourages new fapstronauts to visit the subreddit r/Fapstronauts which serves as a noticeboard connecting r/NoFap users with accountability partners.
What part of speech is fapstronaut?
Fapstronaut is a noun.
What is the plural of fapstronaut?
The plural of fapstronaut is fapstronauts.

Words near fapstronaut in the dictionary

  1. fappy
  2. faps
  3. faps it
  4. faps off
  5. fapstinence
  6. fapstronaut
  7. fapstronauts
  8. faptastic
  9. fapworthy
  10. faq
  11. faqeer

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