slut
slut Lexical Profile
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• noun
(derogatory, offensive) A person, especially a woman, who has many casual sexual partners or is perceived as sexually promiscuous.
"The novel examines how society unfairly labels women with derogatory terms like slut while excusing the same behavior in men."
(dated or archaic) A dirty, untidy, or slovenly woman.
"In seventeenth-century diaries, the term slut was routinely used to scold a negligent housemaid rather than to comment on her morals."
Word Nuance & Usage
In contemporary English, this word is a strongly derogatory and offensive slur directed primarily at women, though some speakers have sought to reclaim it in feminist contexts or use it humorously in compound slang (e.g., 'drama slut'). Its older meaning of an untidy or slovenly person is now dated.
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'slutte' (late 14th century), originally meaning a dirty, slovenly, or untidy woman or kitchen maid, likely related to dialectal Germanic words such as Norwegian 'slott' (idler) and German 'Schlutte' (slovenly woman).