Meaning of cum | Babel Free

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Used in indicating a thing or person which has two or more roles, functions, or natures, or which has changed from one to another.

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Examples

“He is too good an actor to need⟳ that sort⟳ of tomfoolery: the effect will be far better if he is a credible mining camp elder-cum-publican.”

“One driver-cum-fireman-cum-fitter looks after the three locomotives, [...].”

“The banner shows a yellowed silhouette of a boy (possibly Calvin, of Calvin & Hobbes) urinating on an EU flag. Sites such as this show⟳ the full power of the Internet as a propaganda medium cum travel⟳ service cum organizing tool. Oh, and nightlife directory.”

“Coffee shops-cum-meeting-spots dotted across the city are teeming (Equator, Blue Bottle and Saint Frank). Caffeine-fuelled, lactose-intolerant, macadamia milk latte-drinking young folk are journalling, manifesting, coding, ChatGPT-ing and pitching their ideas.”

“[Sam] Altman, the techno-optimist bent on commercialization, lost out to [Ilya] Sutskever, the Brutus cum mad scientist fearful that super-smart AI poses an existential risk⟳ to humanity.”

“Funnily enough, it wasn't that long ago that the year 2016 was derided for being overly romanticised, rooted in the “hope⟳ and change⟳” ideals-cum-slogans used by the 2008 Obama presidential campaign before that all got blown away.”

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