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English

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Etymology

FromMiddle Englishhore, fromOld Englishhōre, fromProto-Germanic*hōrǭ, fromProto-Indo-European*kéh₂ros(“loved”), from*keh₂-(“to wish; desire”). Cognate withDutchhoer,GermanHure,Old Norsehóra as well asSanskritचारु(cā́ru,“dear”),Latincārus(“dear, expensive”), andIrishcara(“friend”).

The unetymological spelling withwh- superficially denotes a formerly standard pronunciation with an excrescent/w/ (such as inwhole), but such a form is hardly found in either commentators on Early Modern English pronunciations or records of traditional dialects (which both explicitly mention its rarity or absence), therefore leaving the spelling somewhat inexplicable.[1] However, this may be because such a excrescent/w/ was absorbed by a following/uː/ (as in words with etymological/w/ such aswhom,two) after it became established in the spelling but before our earliest orthoepic records.

Pronunciation

Noun

whore (pluralwhores)(vulgar, derogatory)

  1. Synonym ofprostitute: aperson (especially awoman) whoofferssexualservices forpayment.
    • c.1606 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii]:
      The merciless Macdonald – worthy to be a rebel, for that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him – from the Western Isles of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied, and fortune on his damned quarrel smiling showed like a rebel'swhore.
    • 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”,Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:
      I come looking for a job
      But I get no offers
      Just a come-on from thewhores on Seventh Avenue
  2. A person who is sexuallypromiscuous; aslut.
    • 1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym;Robert Burton], “Symptomes of Iealousie, Fear, Sorrow, Suspition, Strange Actions, Gestures, Outrages, Locking Up, Oathes, Trials, Lawes, &c.”, inThe Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner] for Henry Cripps,→OCLC, partition 3, section 3, member 2, subsection 1,page610:
      He cals her on a ſudden, all to naught; ſhe is a ſtrumpet, a light huswife, a bitch, an arrantwhore.
    • 2004, Dennis Cooper,The Sluts, page250:
      So after he fucks the shit out of me, he tells me I'm lying about hiswhore not being Brad.
  3. A person who isunscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
    • 1980,Paul Schrader,American Gigolo, spoken by Mrs. Laudner (Frances Bergen):
      You're smart. They're allwhores.
    • 2004 February 12, Bayard Russell,nonemorecomic‎[2]:
      Dude: Since when did you become a politicalwhore?
      Phil: I prefer the termpolitical slut, thank you very much!
  4. A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
    • 1982, Daniel Hoffman with Leo Braudy,Harvard guide to contemporary American writing:
      Vidal is at once more detached and more preoccupied with his own view, celebrating an aristocracy of sensibility constantly thwarted and ignored by those merewhores after fame, the statesmen and politicians.
    • 1990 June,Mother Jones Magazine, volume15, number 4, page 9:
      By that time, Tejeda had already been accused of beating his wife, abandoning his children, living in sin with another woman, being awhore for the insurance lobby, and accepting bribes.
    • 1997, John Irving,A Son of the Circus:
      a shameless hack—such awhore for the money—that he wouldn't even lend his name to his creations.
    • 1999 October,Los Angeles Magazine, volume44, number10, page186:
      I don't want to be a mediawhore," says Babydol. "I don't need to 'sell' my record — it will sell because it's good or won't if it's not
  5. Acontemptible person.
    • 1999 August, Rod Garcia y Robertson, “Strongbow”, inFantasy & Science Fiction, volume97, number 2, page 4:
      "Begone," Clare shouted. She could not bring herself to kill in cold blood. "Begone, or I'll shoot."
      "Idiotwhore," he shouted back. "You would not dare."
    • 2000 Spring, Pete Hamill, “The Fenian Ram”, inWorld of Hibernia, volume 5, number 4, page72:
      I don't need that Lamont Cranston to tell me. Every Irishman knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. We've known since the time of that rotten ouldwhore, Elizabeth the Bloody First!
    • 2003, Helen Kirkman,A moment's madness:
      Saxon curses rang in her ears. Dane, they yelled, Vikingwhore. We will have revenge on you.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

prostitute—see alsoprostitute
sexually promiscuous person—see alsoslut
unscrupulous person

Verb

whore (third-person singular simple presentwhores,present participlewhoring,simple past and past participlewhored)(vulgar)

  1. (intransitive) Toprostitute oneself.
  2. (intransitive) Toengage theservices of aprostitute.
  3. (transitive) Topimp; topander.
  4. (transitive) Topromoteshamelessly.
    Did you see him on that chat show,whoring his new book?
  5. (intransitive) Topursuefalsegods.
  6. (intransitive) Topursuefalsegoals.
    • 1856, Matthew Henry,An exposition of the Old and New Testament, volume 2, page42:
      As for those whose hearts go awhoring after the world, and who set their affections on the things of the earth, they cannot love his appearing
    • 1967, Hawaiian Historical Society,The Hawaiian journal of history, volume 1:
      Whoring after fame, rushing into print, "scoring a scoop,"— alas! some scientists are too human.
    • 1973, Herbert Tarr,A time for loving:
      "That Jeroboam. Hewhores after power." "And you, my son, lust more decorously?"
    • 1976, Matthew Fox,Whee! We, wee, all the way home:
      Is there any distinction between a nation that whores after a golden calf and one thatwhores after a black Cadillac?
    • 1978,Wilfrid Sheed,The good word & other words:
      If hewhores after the new thing, he will only get it wrong and wind up praising the latest charlatans, the floozies of the New.
    • 2010 December 28, Mordechai Beck, “Set apart”, inChristian Century, volume127, number26, page22:
      For them, God is still in heaven, and we his sinful children are stillwhoring after the twin idols of modernity and materialism.
  7. (transitive, slang, video games, derogatory) Tooveruse something.
    BTW, that guy whuz still an asshole - camping the BFG andwhoring the quad - I usually leave BFG maps but stuck around on that one and suicided quite a bit (3 times I got to about -10 frags, then came back to 0...).

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

to prostitute oneself
to engage a prostitute
to pimp—seepimp

References

  1. ↑1.01.1Dobson, E[ric] J. (1957),English pronunciation 1500-1700‎[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology,Oxford:Clarendon Press, published1968,→OCLC,§ 430,page998.

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