Whore
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| − | A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money. A [[prostitute]].
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| − | ==Casual Usage==
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| − | Some women enjoy the notoriety and thrill of being called, or labelling themselves, a [[whore]]. What they normally mean to convey is that they enjoy sexual looseness and freedom; they are highly sexed; they enjoy being seen as a sexually fulfilling woman and like to be used by men (or perhaps just one man) for [[Sexual intercourse|sexual gratification]].
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| − | People using the word in this manner would not necessarily be happy if money were paid for their use, though they may consider it their [[Dominant#Noun|dominant's]] right to hire them out.
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| − | ==Etymology==
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| − | The word itself has a complex history. The prototypic root appears to be *k-, “to like, desire.†(hence the Dutch 'graag' meaning 'YES PLEASE!'). The derived stem is *kro-, origin of thee prehistoric Common Germanic word *hraz meaning “one who desires†(often “adulterer.â€) The feminine of this, *hrn-, becomes hre in Old English, a possible ancestor of Modern English 'whore'. On the other hand, we have the Dutch 'huur' commonly meaning 'hire' as in 'te huur' - 'for rent' and seen on estate-agents signs all over Amsterdam. 'Salford van hire' would be 'Zaalvoord auto huuren' in Dutch. Dutch sailors have spread much of their language around the world ('gangplank', starbord', 'on-board', 'underway', 'scouse')
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| − | ==See Also==
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| − | *[[Prostitution]]
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| − | *[[Slut]]
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Revision as of 19:38, 20 February 2007
