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TreasonousBastard

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4. You mean a real, live, actual, honest-to-something-like-a-god...

Reply to Hestia (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 08:02 PM

Jul 2015

whore? A prostitute-- someone who charges money for sexual acts.

Not an insult to all women. Not a metaphor with some mysterious meaning.

Too bad that word is forbidden around here. Even if it's the best fitting word, and found in most dictionaries, its very utterance causes flurries of angst and dyspepsia, leading to multiple alerts and possible hiding.

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MY INITIATION AS A WHORE [View all] Hestia Jul 2015 OP

IBTL. TexasTowelie Jul 2015 #1

Isn't it cool that this hasn't been locked? That's why I put it in Good Reads. :) Hestia Jul 2015 #15

If the author of the piece is willing to call herself a whore TexasTowelie Jul 2015 #17

Interesting but I don't think this will last long here. Cleita Jul 2015 #2

You just like to CYA. Not fooling anyone. William769 Jul 2015 #3

But the author didn't call OUR leading candidate for President one. George II Jul 2015 #6

Neither did I or the OP. Cleita Jul 2015 #10

You mean a real, live, actual, honest-to-something-like-a-god... TreasonousBastard Jul 2015 #4

It also seems to be commonly used in media. Randi Rhodes and Cleita Jul 2015 #5

Not in reference to the most admired woman in the world. George II Jul 2015 #7

This thread has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton. Cleita Jul 2015 #9

As you may have noticed... TreasonousBastard Jul 2015 #8

It happens with regularity here among a certain clique. Cleita Jul 2015 #11

Exactly! It's getting caught up in minutia, which detracts and time sucks. It's someone who Hestia Jul 2015 #14

and when did this start and who started it? I leave for a couple of days and come back Hestia Jul 2015 #16

Having lost good whore friends ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #12

Did you read the article to the ending? Hestia Jul 2015 #13