Monday, November 23, 2009

A small vocabulary for you!

Well, my friends, if you want to become real experts of prostitution as a phenomernon, you should know their vocabulary at least! If you do not know their language, it will be difficult for you to understand them! But if you know some more interesting terms, you are welcome to add them here!
Actually, this vocabulary is bigger than I expected but I decided to choose the most interesting words for you! If you want to see the whole list you can find it here:

http://prostitution.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=000124

So, here we go!


Bordello
A house appropriated to the purposes of prostitution.


Cat House
A house appropriated to the purposes of prostitution.


Courtesan
A prostitute with courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele.


Felony
A crime sufficiently serious to be punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison, as distinguished from a misdemeanor.


Harlot
A prostitute. One who engages in sexual intercourse or performs other sex acts in exchange for payment


John
A prostitute's client.


Pimp
A person, usually a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, in return for a share of the earnings.


Street Walker
A prostitute who solicits in the streets.


Transactional Sex
The giving of gifts or services in return for sex. Those who receive the gifts generally have other sources of incomes.

3 comments:

  1. Well, not exactly what I expected to find first thing monday morning but funny none the less!:) THank you for stopping by the blog!!

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  2. John
    A prostitute's client.


    Lol! Why John.... Maybe Mike or Peter. Also nice names.

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  3. Some of those words are really funny. harlot for example... Thank you for this info.

    And have a nice weekend, my friend!!

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