Books

Same with Alexander Dumas.

One of the most celebrated works of English-language devotional poetry is George Herbert's The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, whose subtitle gets me giggling every time.

Harriet Beecher Stowe did this in Uncle Tom’s Cabin too

There’s a scene in Around The World in 80 Days where they’re playing whist or something and it’s all about rubbers and flipping partners and idk, my middle school brain was like…?

Also “knocked up”, which meant to go to someone’s home and knock on the door

There’s a story where Holmes says to Watson “you knocked me up”

I came here to say this. Cracks me up.

"He ejaculated!" he ejaculated.

And to "knock up" someone, is simply to show up at their flat and knock on the door.

JK Rowling used it correctly in one of the HP books. Ron does it, in fact. She knew full well to use it with a boy, though, she knew what she was doing.

I remember in like 3rd grade finding a 19th century novel with the line, "'My blood!' ejaculated the vexed coachman." and it's always stuck with me.

Even more jarring when they do it during "intercourse" 😂