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A passel of whores

I’ve been out and about in the blog fields this morning and I came face to face with the realization that my mother’s fetish for word propriety rubbed off on me. She would smile.

The word of the day is whore. I’ve come across self-described blog whores, book whores, music whores, food whores, and a coffee whore.

But not one in-the-biblical-sense whore to my knowledge.

Because, I am sure, these fine folks would wither at the thought of calling themselves in-the-biblical-sense whores.

But attaching a qualifier to the word lends it a certain naughty dash.

I read it. I understand it. I even see a certain humor in it. But the expression still jars me no matter how qualified it is. Stodgy me, I suppose, but there it is.

Posted on 08/26/05 at 11:24 AM
 




N in Seattle

Is it better to pimp a blog entry or dKos diary than to be a blog-whore?

United States   Posted by N in Seattle on 08/26/05  at  12:50 PM





Linkmeister

It ain’t new.  PJ O’Rourke wrote a very funny book about Congress called Parliament of Whores published in 1991 (by Atlantic Monthly Press, no less).

United States   Posted by Linkmeister on 08/26/05  at  04:06 PM





Kate

No. Sheesh. It’s still a metaphor, which, it just occurred to me, is a self-deprecating metaphor for good old fashioned guilt for an activity that one isn’t entirely comfortable with doing. So if you’re gonna do it, throw back those shoulders and boldly and proudly promote the heck out of your good work.

As far as I know, though, you weren’t among those blog-whoring today. But for future reference…

United States   Posted by Kate on 08/26/05  at  04:23 PM





Kate

I’d have to agree with PJ O’Rourke, on the other hand… wink

United States   Posted by Kate on 08/26/05  at  04:25 PM





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