# santorum

> English word · Noun · IPA /sanˈtɔːɹəm/ · frequency rank #39,073

## Definitions
1. A frothy mixture of lubricant and fecal matter as an occasional byproduct of anal sex.
2. Shit: rubbish, worthless matter, nonsense, bull.

## Etymology
From the surname of former US Senator Rick Santorum (born 1958). After Santorum made statements comparing homosexuality to bestiality and opining that mutually consenting adults do not have a constitutional right to privacy with respect to sexual acts, US columnist Dan Savage gathered input from his readers and held a contest for definitions to "memorialize the scandal". Savage set up a website which defined the term, and helped to promote it. See Campaign for the neologism "santorum" for further information.
Rick Santorum's surname, in turn, comes from Italian; see Santorum for more.

## Easily confused with
- **sanatorium** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sanatorium-vs-santorum)

## Common misspellings (12)
`asntorum`, `sanntorum`, `sanotrum`, `santormu`, `santorrum`, `santorumm`, `santourm`, `santroum`, `santtorum`, `satnorum`, `snatorum`, `ssantorum`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/santorum