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“Raw” is the rawest word I know. “Raw” is intense. For a word with no hard sounds, it still sounds hardcore.

Its origins are no less astonishing, with connections to Latin, Greek, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Old Norse, Old Irish, Sanskrit, and Slavic. The need to describe bloody, exposed and uncooked flesh goes back to the dawn of languages and possibly the dawn of civilization. With the invention of fire came the invention of cooked meat, and therefore a need to describe the uncooked variety.

Saying “raw” with a low, guttural “AUGH” makes me feel connected to my caveman roots. It makes me want to fuck somebody in this primeval way; to fuck somebody raw.


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