Masturbation or Masterbation which term do you use and why?

Contributor: Fun Lover Fun Lover
I have always spelled masturbation this way, but have seen it spelled masterbation, and have often wondered why two spelling, according to our Webster's the first spelling is the correct one.
02/17/2011
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02/17/2011
Contributor: TitsMcScandal TitsMcScandal
People who spell it masterbation are idiots.

Masturbation is the correct way. The other people are hooked on phonics and not the dictionary.
02/17/2011
Contributor: Redboxbaby Redboxbaby
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Originally posted by Fun Lover
I have always spelled masturbation this way, but have seen it spelled masterbation, and have often wondered why two spelling, according to our Webster's the first spelling is the correct one.
Masturbation...just like it sounds.
02/17/2011
Contributor: Lady Venus Lady Venus
If can't spell it, you shouldn't be doing it
02/17/2011
Contributor: Madeira Madeira
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Originally posted by Lady Venus
If can't spell it, you shouldn't be doing it
Hehe, true of many things
02/17/2011
Contributor: AU AU
Quote:
Originally posted by TitsMcScandal
People who spell it masterbation are idiots.

Masturbation is the correct way. The other people are hooked on phonics and not the dictionary.
No need to be mean. Those who spell it wrong aren't idiots. We all have things we are bad at. English is terrible when it comes to consistency and that is a great part of why some people are so bad at spelling. We can't spell our own words right and we can't write or pronounce others words right because just our vowels have too many possibilities. But I won't deny I get really annoyed by common misspellings.

Heh, the OP mentioned Webster's. I don't trust dictionaries so much anymore for various reasons. I've kind of argued with people from a few companies over spellings/pronunciatio ns. But that is another tale.

To answer the original question, I use "Masturbation", it is the standard way. If you take out the u, a part of the word's origin of turbare ("to disturb") isn't there?
02/17/2011
Contributor: UnknownGirl UnknownGirl
Uh, I spell it the way that's correct.
02/17/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
With da U.
02/18/2011
Contributor: lezergirl lezergirl
I could potentially see Masterbation being linked to some form of BDSM, but that's usually a 2+ person activity, so that still doesn't make sense. Masturbation it is.
02/18/2011
Contributor: B8trDude B8trDude
Et driieves mi knuts two sea wurds missspelled.
02/18/2011
Contributor: Shellz31 Shellz31
The correct spelling - Masturbation.
02/18/2011
Contributor: Shellz31 Shellz31
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Originally posted by B8trDude
Et driieves mi knuts two sea wurds missspelled.
LMAO - cracks me up!
02/18/2011
Contributor: Yoda Yoda
Masterbation is a careless error.
02/18/2011
Contributor: LikeSunshineDust LikeSunshineDust
Quote:
Originally posted by TitsMcScandal
People who spell it masterbation are idiots.

Masturbation is the correct way. The other people are hooked on phonics and not the dictionary.
LMAO. Couldn't agree more. I'm not an idiot, so I spell it "masturbation."
02/18/2011
Contributor: Tori Rebel Tori Rebel
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Originally posted by Shellz31
The correct spelling - Masturbation.
Same here.
02/18/2011
Contributor: BBW Talks Toys BBW Talks Toys
Let's make sure we're not insulting others. We all have our pet peeves. For some of us it's grammar and spelling. Let's choose our words carefully, folks!

Personally, I pay a lot of attention to the red squiggly line that shows up under a word whenever it's misspelled, but I know I'm guilty of forgetting to go back and correct something.
02/18/2011
Contributor: ~LaUr3n~ ~LaUr3n~
Quote:
Originally posted by Fun Lover
I have always spelled masturbation this way, but have seen it spelled masterbation, and have often wondered why two spelling, according to our Webster's the first spelling is the correct one.
Wondered why two spellings? There aren't. There is only one. I suppose you could misspell it in an infinite number of ways, but that is all it is-a misspelling.
02/18/2011
Contributor: ScottA ScottA
I use masturbation because I'm just that way, but I suppose someone might choose to do masterbation for a reason.
02/18/2011
Contributor: Epicurean Epicurean
"Masterbation" and "vegitarianism": two things that are important to me, two things that are ALWAYS misspelled.
02/18/2011
Contributor: KatPawz2003 KatPawz2003
It depends, to me its self "masturbation". But if I am doing to someone else then it is mutual "masterbation". Thats just how I use it and also partly due to my involvement in the D/s commuinity.
02/18/2011
Contributor: SexyTabby SexyTabby
I don't have a reason to deliberately spell it incorrectly. It's masturbation.
02/18/2011
Contributor: BadassFatass BadassFatass
I spell it correctly...because I'm kind of neurotic about spelling.
02/18/2011
Contributor: Redboxbaby Redboxbaby
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Originally posted by B8trDude
Et driieves mi knuts two sea wurds missspelled.
LMAO! You are too funny!
02/18/2011
Contributor: LavenderSkies LavenderSkies
Masturbation
02/19/2011
Contributor: pinkzombie pinkzombie
Quote:
Originally posted by Fun Lover
I have always spelled masturbation this way, but have seen it spelled masterbation, and have often wondered why two spelling, according to our Webster's the first spelling is the correct one.
I have never noticed. Masturbation is the one I would have guessed to be right b4 reading you saw it in Webster
02/19/2011
Contributor: OhMy! OhMy!
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Originally posted by pinkzombie
I have never noticed. Masturbation is the one I would have guessed to be right b4 reading you saw it in Webster
Masturbation's the only way we've known how to spell it, which is obviously the correct way.
02/19/2011
Contributor: Linga Linga
It's always been masturbation for me. I didn't even know that there were people who spelled it differently.
02/19/2011
Contributor: Solar Ray Solar Ray
Its Masturbation.....great fun.. The English language is a tricky thing especially when different countries using what was originally the same language, spell the same word differently.
02/19/2011
Contributor: SexyStuff SexyStuff
Haha, this is the best question I've seen on the forum yet.
06/16/2012