Noun

Substance, material.

# (physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.

# (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter).

# A kind of substance.

# Written material (especially in books or magazines).

# (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.

A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.

* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

if the matter should be tried by duel

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

Son of God, Saviour of men! Thy name / Shall be the copious matter of my song.

* Bible, (w) xviii. 22

Every great matter' they shall bring unto thee, but every small ' matter they shall judge.

*

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;

* 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.

An approximate amount or extent.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

No small matter of British forces were commanded over sea the year before.

* (w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)

Away he goes,a matter of seven miles.

* (William Congreve) (1670-1729)

I have thoughts to tarry a small matter .

(obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.

* (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)

He is the matter of virtue.

(obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

And this is the matter why interpreters upon that passage in Hosea will not consent it to be a true story, that the prophet took a harlot to wife.

(obsolete) Pus.

Noun

(-)

(neologism, sex, slang) A frothy mixture of lubricant and fecal matter as an occasional byproduct of anal sex.

* {{quote-book

, year = 2005 , first = Jack R. , last = Dunn , title = Hard , page = 134 , url = http://www.scribd.com/doc/16188669/Hard , passage = She wads up the t-shirt, uses it to wipe a trickle of santorum from her ass, and throws it under the cot. }}

* {{quote-book

, year = 2007 , first = Robert J. , last = Rubel , title = Squirms, Screams and Squirts: Now you can turn great sex into extraordinary sex , isbn = 9781887895644 , isbn10 = 1887895647 , ol = 25167662M , oclc = 174131309 , publisher = Nazca Plains , page = 65 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=EamkToorhTUC&pg=PA65&dq=santorum , passage = In the “for what it's worth” department, the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex is called santorum'.
''Safety Warning

6:'' Be particularly cautious where this ' santorum goes. As previously noted, you don't want to get any fecal matter in the vaginal area. Bad safety risk.

}}

* {{quote-book

, year = 2008 , chapter = A Horrible Night of Research and Erudite Bloodletting , first = Richard J. , last = Polney , title = Men on the Edge: Dangerous Erotica , editor = Pierce, Christopher , publisher = StarBooks , location = Hemdon , isbn = 9781934187289 , isbn10 = 1934187283 , ol = 25167643M , oclc = 222163880 , page = 38 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=iFUn8oRyZzgC&pg=PA38&dq=santorum , passage = Then, one of them broke ranks and rammed his blood-lubed fist straight up my ass and twisted hard, pulled it out and licked the santorum clean. }}

* {{quote-book

, year = 2008 , first = Austen , last = James , title = Hate Starve Curse: A Disagreeable Man's Search for Nothingness in the Face of Everythingness , edition = First , publisher = Broken Science , isbn = 9781438235028 , isbn10 = 143823502X , ol = 25167656M , page = 30 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=d86h3zMsD1AC&pg=PA30&dq=santorum , passage = Any residents not burned alive in the fires or drowned in the flood will be made to drink a mixture of bodily fluids typically deposited in on the streets during Mardi Gras until death. The mixture should consist of (but is not limited to) sweat, snot, urine, saliva, tears, vomit, sexual fluids, and feces and santorum . }}

* {{quote-song

, year = 2011 , date = 2011-04-01 , title = Booty Sex , composer = Icemilk , album = Sofa King Delicious , passage = I'll fuck you till my dick's dry / Squirt santorum in my eye , url = http://www.icemilkmusic.com/lyrics.html , asin = B00510PZO0 }}

(neologism, slang, derogatory) Shit: rubbish, worthless matter, nonsense, bull.

* {{quote-newsgroup

, date = 2004-02-05 , first = Ian , last = S. , title = Re: If Bush Wasn't A Deserter, What Was He? , group = alt.politics.democrats , id = tijUb.2347$Yj.960@lakeread02 , url = http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.democrats/msg/4c400b63c3ed19f7 , passage = a lying sack of santorum . }}

* {{quote-newsgroup

, date = 2005-06-29 , first = Chris , last = Linthompson , title = Re: New word, "martinize" , group = talk.origins , id = 1120058301.549994.211740@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com , url = http://groups.google.com/group/talk.origins/msg/0bd5138a1ba338c6 , passage = I think this is a load of santorum . }}

* {{quote-newsgroup

, date = 2006-01-18 , author = "leftie" , title = Re: Hey Julia! , group = rec.music.gdead , id = dqmpqs$2mpp$1@agate.berkeley.edu , url = http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.gdead/msg/af53c6edcdceaab3 , passage = What a bunch of santorum . }}

* {{quote-book

, year = 2009 , author = Jacques TwisT , title = Lady MaMarazz' "Ain't No Shame like the Fame Game" , url = http://www.lady-mamarazz.co.cc/ , isbn10 = 143823225X , isbn = 9781438232256 , page = 146 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=GQ9kEbba_pYC&pg=PA146&dq=santorum , passage = Those freakin' Devil's Advocate Moderators have no sense of decorum— They're just like a bunch of hungry predators... totally fuckin' full of fuckin' santorum ! }}