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[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

Poll: "Hussy" the same as "whore"?

Comments

[edenandtheapple.livejournal.com]

I equate "hussy" with "slut," which, to me, means they don't charge. "Whore" does.

But that's me.

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

Duly noted. *jots it down* Thank you.

[replacementbaby.livejournal.com]

Absolutely not. Hussy is more... I hesitate to say it, but "playful".

Whore is an insult. Hussy is what my sister-in-law calls me when I flirt too much.

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

Exactly my thoughts on the subject as well! Thank you very much.

What's your name, then, if I may ask?

[toumaofheavens.livejournal.com]

Not the same.. but I wouldn't call a lady either.

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

Hmm. *jots it down* Duly noted. Thank you.

[abbytude.livejournal.com]

YES

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

Your opinion doesn't count as the whole bloody obvious point is to gather the opinions of others on the subject. Go away.

[his-justice.livejournal.com]

What a peculiar question.

Though I'd prefer to be called a hussy.

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

Yes, there's a bit of an argument about it with someone I know.

So you're saying it's, oh, less offensive than "whore", I take it? Doesn't have such a negative implication?

[alloy-avenger.livejournal.com]

Nah. Whore has a very specific meaning.

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

*nods* Thank you. *jots it down*

[forevertwinkie.livejournal.com]

Not at all the same, really. The word whore HURTS, for fuck's sake. Hussy is just silly and amusing.

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

Thank you! My sentiments as well. But someone seems to feel I've implied the hurtful one by dint of using the silly one.

[notsopowerless.livejournal.com]

They're both useless words used by useless people.

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

Really? In what sense are they useless? Don't they denote things about character and thus convey information or opinions? I thought that was words did.

[cant-have-any.livejournal.com]

Either way, I say "opportunity".

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

Opportunity to get slapped, seems to be my average lately.

[nevercanguess.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming both of these words are not very kind?

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

That's what I'm polling people to find out, milady.

[crusades-r-us.livejournal.com]

While "hussy" is outdated enough to be more goofy and less offensive? I don't advise using either one, baby. Liable to get yourself into *all* kinds of hot water. We're talking Robin Soup here.

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

I wonder what sort of soup I should be? Savoury? Bit of spice and kick? Hearty and nourishing, or more like gazpacho, mystifying everyone and causing people to wrinkle their noses?

Hopefully I've got some onion in me.

[deep-red-bells.livejournal.com]

American Heritage Dictionary definition of hussy: 1. A woman considered brazen or immoral. 2. A saucy or impudent girl.

And if you try to look it up in Wikipedia it takes you straight to SLUT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussy).

Sooooooo yeah, not a nice thing to say to a gal.

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

I don't see what's so bad about being brazen, saucy, or impudent. As for 'immoral' no one I know bothers with morals anymore.

All the same, thank you for your input!

[mabofwinterdark.livejournal.com]

A hussy does not always go the full distance, but still tempts men.
A whore is just trying to make a living.

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

But Your Majesty would agree there is a difference.

[oh-shiney.livejournal.com]

Hussy has less of a sting, I think. Lord knows I have been called both.

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

'Less of a sting'. *jots it down* Thank you!

[a-chaitlin.livejournal.com]

Oh Robin. Dare I even ask whom you've managed to offend with the word "hussy"?

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

All of womankind, apparently, though I started with Abby.

[alan_shore]

You're an idiot.

[ifwebefriends.livejournal.com]

Fool, if you please. There is a difference.

It's relevant to the definitions how, though?