Wait, slut was an acceptable word in polite company? What did it used to mean?
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yeah but you used to be able to use it. like if your family friend Margaret was eating five zucchinis at once lengthwise you would say "Margaret, stop being such a courgette slut". or if a pressure cooker full of oatmeal exploded and covered her face with oatmeal you could say that Margaret got oatmeal bukkaked to explain to the intake nurse at the hospital.
nowadays you cant say that kind of thing. because of woke.
ngl...
Uhhh... nope. The term "slut" has never been considered acceptable in any way or shape where I come from.
And if you are dumb enough to use the term "bukkake" to any health worker in any setting they'd either think you mad or call security on you... and rightfully so.
hard disagree. Go out and call 20 women sluts and see the reaction.
Your group of friends or whatever anecdotally only use it like you’re describing. But I have heard it recently being used derogatory
Slut was never a term used in polite company
It went from a patriarchal normative, to being reclaimed. Are people down voting over the ambiguity of "polite"? Or because rediscovering the term "reclaimed" isn't really a shower thought?
Calling someone a derogatory term has never been acceptable in polite company. It doesn't really make sense.
Although the ultimate origin of the word slut is unknown, it first appeared in Middle English in 1402 as slutte (AHD), with the meaning of 'dirty, untidy, or slovenly woman'.
And slut has never had a positive meaning.
It's also jusy wrong. People still call women sluts as an insult.
I can't speak for the younger generation but as a millennial it's used as both for sure.
Greeting a friend with "hey slut" is fine. Saying that to a stranger would likely not be.
And slut has never had a positive meaning.
Am I the only one here that likes sl... promiscuous women??
I'm too sleepy to slut.
It's not there yet... but it's making progress.