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[heading]Strict usage
A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money. A [about=prostitute]prostitute[/about].
[heading]Casual Usage
Some women enjoy the notoriety and thrill of being called, or labelling themselves, a [about=whore]whore[/about]. 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 [about=Sexual intercourse]sexual gratification[/about].
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 [about=Dominant#Noun]dominant's[/about] right to hire them out.
[heading]Etymology
The word itself has a complex history. The prototypic root appears to be *k-, *€œto like, desire.*€ (hence the Dutch 'graag' meaning 'YES PLEASE!'). The derived stem is *kro-, origin of thee prehistoric Common Germanic word *hraz meaning *€œone who desires*€ (often *€œadulterer.*€) 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')
[heading]See Also
[item][about=Prostitution]Prostitution[/about]
[item][about=Slut]Slut[/about]
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