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what is final price (lemmy.world)
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[–] 22 points 2 weeks ago* (3 children)

The seller isn't necessarily being weird, "sofa-cum-bed"/"sofa-come-bed"/"sofa-co-bed" is actually how people refer to it in some places.

https://www.urbanladder.com/blog/5-types-of-sofa-cum-bed-that-every-home-needs

I think it comes from the Latin for "with". The same thing happens with some historical academic distinctions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_honors

summa cum laude (/ˈsuːmə/), meaning "with highest praise", typically awarded to graduates in the top 1%, 2%, or 5% of their class, depending on the institution. Some institutions either do not award the summa cum laude distinction or award it only in extraordinary circumstances

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    I’ve never looked it up before but in my head it has always meant “which is also a” or “which has turned into a.” I guess I was off a little but it is a very rarely seen expression. Probably because of the cum-cum-jizz association.

    It's the Latin preposition cum ("with"), used in hyphenated compounds to describe something that's two things at once. Examples:

    • Kitchen-cum-dining room: a room that serves as both
    • Bed-cum-sofa: a sofa that converts to a bed
    • Secretary-cum-bodyguard: one person filling both roles
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