Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "La petite mort (French pronunciation: [la pətit mɔʁ], the little death) is an expression which means \"the brief loss or weakening of consciousness\" and in modern usage refers specifically to \"the sensation of orgasm as likened to death\".The first attested use of the expression in English was in 1572 with the meaning of \"fainting fit\". It later came to mean \"nervous spasm\" as well. The first attested use with the meaning of \"orgasm\" was only in 1882."@en }
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- La_petite_mort comment "La petite mort (French pronunciation: [la pətit mɔʁ], the little death) is an expression which means \"the brief loss or weakening of consciousness\" and in modern usage refers specifically to \"the sensation of orgasm as likened to death\".The first attested use of the expression in English was in 1572 with the meaning of \"fainting fit\". It later came to mean \"nervous spasm\" as well. The first attested use with the meaning of \"orgasm\" was only in 1882.".