How did the word "steam" originate?
 

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lol, i tink it only has such meaning in sg loh.
juz like singlish, only we have.:D

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when i was young, there were trains running with steams. poo poo ci chu ci chu you know, can see the the front top of train head with steams releasing like a cock standing there. dun know who come up with this word, but ya we always used it during younger days when see beautiful girls - walau steam ...

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maybe when the first guy ever in the whole wide world got an erection it was raining.

and because back then nobody there were no clothes, there was literally steam when the rain drops came in contact with his erect member.

he may have said, "Whoa, steam!" and the rest as they say, is history...

:D

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wikipedia states ...

Steam - to be sexually aroused; to have an erection. Probably derived from the word "STIMulated".


2 further stimulate n enrich ur vocab wif stimulating, colorful spore sexual slang terminology, click here ... :D

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Din u see any steam in the movie "Titanic" with Kate Winslet and Leonaro di Caprio? Steam is used outside of Sg

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Other than the one in wiki. 1st steam to be used sexually is from Rudolph Valentino's film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse back in 1921. The Tango scene was so sexual that the scene itself was steaming. Thus the word steaming scene was coined thereafter.

Steam sia.. now thats from Malaysia and Singapore. Copyrighted with all rights reserved. Lol

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Why is there steam when you have sex?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...6000347AAKttSY

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hey i learned something new today.kekeke~~

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Coming to that, how do we explain the term 'DIE COCK STAND'? I cant imagine our cock stand after we die, unless maybe u took a huge dose of Viagra and its effect is still there ~

Is there any reasoning behind it? Kindly enlighten.

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Haha this topic reminds me of the times in secondary sch, where we always say the new teacher damm chio, everytime see her sure steam :p

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steam could also be a mis-pronunciation of stim? as in stimulate(d)?
since singlish does include a lot of words that aren't spoken the standard english way, i wouldn't be surprised if stim is one way you can think about it. and hey the wikipedia article does state that, just read it. oops not so original.
but anyway, steam sounds good.
haha laodi's yahoo answers link is funny, especially in a car. :cool:

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steam mean hot air riseing up,that y got steam
In other word mean blood rush up that y steam:D
it the same no matter which one come first:)

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i learn something new today too.

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so if see fat lady, "un-steam sia..." ?? :p