When Conan Doyle writes that Watson "ejaculated," was this simply another term for "exclaimed," or was there some kind of sexual innuendo involved?

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Not trying to ask a silly question, genuinely curious.

sharpiemontblanc

I don't think you need an historian for this one, simply a good dictionary. At dictionary.com the first definition is: an abrupt, exclamatory utterance. What the two meanings have in common is abruptness and explosiveness. True whether you are ejaculating words or semen.