Slut

Slut is a broad word that usually means a woman who has sex with a lot of people. It is a bad word and is generally meant to be offensive to whomever it is describing. It is an insult, and some people would also call it a swear word.^[1][2][3] Originally it meant "A woman of dirty, slovenly or untidy appearance".^[4]

The word was used as early as the 1300s. Geoffrey Chaucer used the adjective sluttish (referring to a man's untidy appearance) in The Canterbury Tales. From the late 20th century, there have been attempts to reclaim the word. There have been various SlutWalk parades; sone people see the title as a source of pride.^{[5][better source needed][6]}

1. ↑ "Slut". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
2. ↑ "Slut". Reference.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
3. ↑ SlutWalk Rally Against Sexual Violence Draws Huge Crowd of Feminists Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rebecca Nathanson, The Village Voice, October 2, 2011
4. ↑ Shorter OED vol 2, p1921.
5. ↑ Greer, Germaine (2011-05-12). "These 'slut walk' women are simply fighting for their right to be dirty". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14.
6. ↑ Westcott, Kathryn (2011-05-09). "Why is the word 'slut' so powerful?". BBC News Magazine.