Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Abuse of oneself or one's abilities.
- noun Masturbation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The abuse of one's own person or powers.
- noun Masturbation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties.
- noun obsolete Self-deception; delusion.
- noun Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Cutting of oneself. - verb historical, euphemistic To
masturbate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun manual stimulation of your own genital organ for sexual pleasure
Etymologies
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Examples
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Still since early adolescents are more sensitive listening-devices than anything yet perfected by the Pentagon, I collected whiffs of the culture’s severe ambivalence on the subject of what was often called self-abuse.
CLEAR PICTURES REYNOLDS PRICE 1988
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Still since early adolescents are more sensitive listening-devices than anything yet perfected by the Pentagon, I collected whiffs of the culture’s severe ambivalence on the subject of what was often called self-abuse.
CLEAR PICTURES REYNOLDS PRICE 1988
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To be sure, severe forms of self-assault, more accurately called self-abuse, are dangerous.
You’re a Better Parent Than You Think! Raymond N. Guarendi 1985
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To be sure, severe forms of self-assault, more accurately called self-abuse, are dangerous.
You’re a Better Parent Than You Think! Raymond N. Guarendi 1985
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Did all our comments about repiggie fat guys drive him to self-abuse?
Think Progress » Senate GOP Candidate Carly Fiorina Flip-Flops On Cap-And-Trade 2010
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Yet, when on the road for extended periods of self-abuse, a jaded feeling slips into the driver's seat and the mind can no longer focus.
Stewart Nusbaumer: Royal Flush Festival: One of a Strange Kind Stewart Nusbaumer 2010
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The next time I saw him, it was in the communal dorm bathroom, a pit of uncleanliness marked by vomit, bodily fluids, and the other detritus of intoxication and self-abuse.
The Parable of the Spider darkerblogistan 2009
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Yet, when on the road for extended periods of self-abuse, a jaded feeling slips into the driver's seat and the mind can no longer focus.
Stewart Nusbaumer: Royal Flush Festival: One of a Strange Kind Stewart Nusbaumer 2010
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I quit drinking and every other kind of self-abuse two years ago.
Still Slim, No Longer a Boy Andy Battaglia 2011
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Did all our comments about repiggie fat guys drive him to self-abuse?
Think Progress » Senate GOP Candidate Carly Fiorina Flip-Flops On Cap-And-Trade 2010
Prolagus commented on the word self-abuse
Cf. interfering with yourself.
October 21, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word self-abuse
Also, WeirdNet #2: do you know what self means?
October 21, 2009