fapstronaut

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noun

A person who abstains from masturbation.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounfapstronaut (plural fapstronauts)

plural fapstronauts

  1. slangA person who abstains from masturbation.

    Fapstronauts, of course, are easy to make sport of.

    2014, Matt Labash, The Seven Deadly Virtues, page 106
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    “Some Fapstronauts are here to improve their interpersonal relationships, whether it be for a marriage, a relationship, or single life,” Rhodes said.

    2014 March 13, Kickin' Ass, Takin' Names, “Biblethumpers . . . most of whom can be found at Bible camp spanking the monkey or beating around the bush . . . have tried everything they can to ruin it for everyone else.”, in alt.politics (Usenet)

    Meanwhile, r/NoFap’s front page encourages new fapstronauts to visit the subreddit r/Fapstronauts which serves as a noticeboard connecting r/NoFap users with accountability partners.

    2015, Gilad Visotsky, The Click Trap, page 39

    The website NoFap, an offshoot of a popular Reddit message board founded by a now-retired Google contractor, provides community members (“fapstronauts”) a program to quit “fapping”—masturbating.

    2018 November 13, Kate Julian, “Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?”, in The Atlantic

Origin

Translations

Esperanto faponaŭto
  • faponaŭtoperson who abstains from masturbation
Swedish runkmunk
  • runkmunkperson who abstains from masturbation
Cite this entry
APA

fapstronaut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fapstronaut

MLA

“fapstronaut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fapstronaut. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fapstronaut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fapstronaut.

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