Crossword clues for condom
condom
- Contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse
- Minister initially supporting Tory party member's cover-up?
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- Rubber rings held by campaigners next to motorway
- Right-wing party requiring mass protection
- Johnny Mathis's debut next-door to his apartment
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1706, traditionally named for a British physician during reign of Charles II (a story traceable to 1709), but there is no evidence for that. Also spelled condam, quondam, which suggests it may be from Italian guantone, from guanto "a glove." A word omitted in the original OED (c.1890) and not used openly in the U.S. and not advertised in mass media until November 1986 speech by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop on AIDS prevention. Compare prophylactic.
Wiktionary
n. A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STDs.
WordNet
n. contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse [syn: rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic]
Wikipedia
A condom is a sheath-shaped barrier device that may be used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy and decrease the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as HIV/AIDS. It is rolled onto an erect penis before intercourse and blocks ejaculated semen from entering the body of a sexual partner. Condoms are also used during fellatio and for collection of semen for use in infertility treatment. In the modern age, condoms are most often made from latex, but some are made from other materials such as polyurethane, polyisoprene, or lamb intestine. A female condom is also available, often made of nitrile rubber.
As a method of birth control, male condoms have the advantages of being inexpensive, easy to use, having few side effects, and offering protection against sexually transmitted infections. With proper use—and use at every act of intercourse—women whose partners use male condoms experience a 2% per-year pregnancy rate. With typical use the rate of pregnancy is 18% per-year. Condoms have been used for at least 400 years. Since the 19th century, they have been one of the most popular methods of contraception in the world. While widely accepted in modern times, condoms have generated some controversy, primarily over what role they should play in sex education classes.
A condom is a contraceptive device.
Condom may also refer to:
People- Jean Condom (born 1960), French international rugby union player
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Condom, Gers (AKA Condom-en-Armagnac), a commune in the department of Gers (of which it is a subprefecture) in southwestern France
- Arrondissement of Condom, an arrondissement which contains the commune of Condom
- Bishop of Condom, a bishopric based in Condom 13171801
- Condom Cathedral, a Catholic church, former cathedral, and national monument of France, located in Condom; formerly the seat of the Bishops of Condom
- Condom-d'Aubrac, a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France
- "Condom" (song) by Lady Saw, a pro-condom-use song
Condom is a song written in 1996 by Lady Saw. It promoted the use of condoms and how important it is not to judge just by the nature or looks of a person. That everyone should protect themselves with the use of condoms. Lady Saw in the song mentions that you should not let a pretty face stop you from using condoms, and how important women should stand up and make a man use a condom.
Usage examples of "condom".
The box of condoms Jacob had presented Simon with the day after catching Amanda sleeping in his arms winked up at him, but it was the antistatic straps he had stashed there at some point that interested him at the moment.
They, of course, were not the ones who had given that thundering market its bad reputation but more recent peddlers who made illegal sales of all kinds of questionable merchandise smuggled in on European ships, from obscene postcards and aphrodisiac ointments to the famous Catalonian condoms with iguana crests that fluttered when circumstances required or with flowers at the tip that would open their petals at the will of the user.
Vigor brand Russian-made condoms, a few soiled, dogeared cards from less-than-reputable Moscow clubs known for the sexual hijinks that took place in private back rooms--Tarnapolsky had a small collection of such cartes de vi site--and, the crowning touch, a half-used tube of ointment customarily used to treat the topical manifestation of certain more benign sexually communicable diseases.
He interfered, for instance, when Hotten Sonntag, having found a condom in Steffenspark, brought it to class mounted on a branch, and stretched it over our classroom doorknob.
Instead, on February 14, 2002, Secretary of State Colin Powell trotted out a line from the liberal playbook, telling an audience of teenagers on MTV to use condoms!
The most effective approach was a bold presentation of explicit sex education and the use of condoms to prevent the infection, combined with inexpensive retroviral treatment of pregnant women to reduce the incidence of HIV infection among their newborn babies.
Next to the rusted tracks and between the even rustier I-beams, the floor is covered with condom wrappers, cigarette butts, and at least two used hypodermic needles.
Sachs recovered samples of a dozen different junk foods and sodas, as well as proof of his darker appetites: condoms, duct tape and rags, presumably to use as gags.
Johnson consumer division settled Federal Trade Commission charges that, in order to promote its spermicidal jelly K-Y PLUS Nonoxynol-9, it made false advertising claims that exaggerated the failure rate of condoms.
When it hits, both condoms should break open mixing the two chemicals.
I thought of condoms afterwards because I realized how exposed I was to pregnancy.
As the chocolate and meat mix started to force its way out I fought to keep control, wanting to catch the insurance policy, wrapped in two condoms and inserted up my ass with the aid of some Helsinki hotel soap.
Women buy a lot of the condoms sold in this country, did you know that?
Theres also a supply of condoms in assorted colors and some strawberry-flavored lubricant in here somewhere.
His next thought concerned the small package of condoms he had tucked into the glove compartment of his car a few days ago.