"masturbatorium" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌmæstɜː(ɹ)bəˈtɔːɹi.əm/ [General-American] Forms: masturbatoriums [plural], masturbatoria [plural]
Etymology: masturbate + -orium, probably by analogy with words like auditorium and sanatorium. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|masturbate|orium}} masturbate + -orium, {{m|en|auditorium}} auditorium, {{m|en|sanatorium}} sanatorium Head templates: {{en-noun|+|masturbatoria}} masturbatorium (plural masturbatoriums or masturbatoria)
  1. (US, rare) A room in which a person masturbates; for example, a private room in a clinic where a sperm donor masturbates to produce semen. Tags: US, rare Categories (topical): Masturbation, Rooms, Sex Translations (room for donating sperm): luovutushuone (Finnish), masturbatorium [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-masturbatorium-en-noun-5cpUr95U Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -orium

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          "text": "The fact is that we are all censors, whether we operate the amnesic sedative of shock, faint from pain, deceive ourselves into thinking things are better than they are, or simply find a coherent message incomprehensible. Imagine smuggling a small child into one of Fun City’s new masturbatoria where only skin-flicks are screened, where those who jiggle may be gratified and those who giggle may be maimed.",
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          "ref": "2004 March 21, Mark Oshinskie, “[Letters to the editor] Government must ban sperm and egg sales”, in Home News Tribune, New Brunswick, N.J., page A14, column 5",
          "text": "Among the arguments advanced to support homosexual marriage is that homosexuals can have children. Yet, as the attorney/author Lori Andrews states in “The Clone Age,” such “parenthood” entails the use of glassware and sperm, purchased from catalogs, and “generated” for quick cash by strangers who view pornography in “masturbatoria” with vinyl sofas.",
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