Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A person, especially a woman, considered sexually promiscuous.
- n. A woman prostitute.
- n. A slovenly woman; a slattern.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A careless, lazy woman; a woman who is uncleanly as regards her person or her house; a slattern: often used as a name of contempt for a woman and (formerly) also for a man. See sloven.
- n. A young woman; a jade; a wench: used lightly.
- n. An awkward person, animal, or thing.
- n. A female dog; a bitch.
- To befoul; render unclean.
Wiktionary
- n. a sexually promiscuous woman or girl.
- n. a man with the above qualities, often a gay man.
- n. a prostitute.
- n. a slovenly, untidy person, usually a woman.
- n. a bold, outspoken woman.
- n. a female dog.
- n. a maid.
- n. a rag soaked in a flammable substance and lit for illumination.
- v. To wear slutty clothing or makeup, or otherwise behave in a slutty manner.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An untidy woman; a slattern.
- n. A servant girl; a drudge.
- n. A female dog; a bitch.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a woman adulterer
- n. a dirty untidy woman
Etymologies
- Middle English slutte.
Examples
“But the term slut is now sexualised to mean promiscuous woman.”
“But, eased by Facebook and Twitter and the overuse of the term "slut", which the media adores for obvious reasons, the movement has spawned satellite SlutWalks.”
“The focus on "reclaiming" the word slut fails to address the real issue.”
“And I wonder what those children of yours would think of their mother, especially when they start hearing the word slut and your name in the same sentence.”
“Certainly the decision to use the word slut, which is loaded, to say the least, was ballsy.”
“Brix Smith-Start: I've heard the word slut used a lot of times in conjunction with gay men - "Oh, he's such a slut" - so it works both ways.”
“Vicky Simister: But won't the word slut still have that power if it's not reclaimed?”
“Here's the thing: the term 'slut' is used as a term of abuse for women who have sex, or women who dress in ways that aim to attract the attention of a desired mate.”
“Historically, the term 'slut' has carried a predominantly negative connotation... whether dished out as a serious indictment of one's character or merely as a flippant insult, the intent behind the word is always to wound, so we're taking it back," a statement on the SlutWalk website reads.”
“The problem with the word slut is that it has cut women off because they have an energy around their sexual desires and we are still so prejudiced about this.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘slut’.
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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dirtie dirtie
words most foul
fuck, cunt, shit, hell, bloody, bloody hell, fuckhead, fucking, ass, asshole, fuck off, what fuck and 33 more...
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IxLovexApples's list
this is a list of the words I use the most. if you look at all of them you can kind of tell my personality.
bitch, hot, kool, wow, wtf, omfg, slut, ass, gay, ugh, bleh, spaz and 12 more...
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Offensive Words
The worst of the bunch, bring um on
twat, asshole, pussy, dick, cunt, whore, slut, cum, blowjob, fuck, bitch, fanny and 42 more...
vanishedone WeirdNet, but not in they way you might expect. Whoever thinks of sluts as necessarily untidy? Sep 8, 2009
yarb Citation on lum. Jul 23, 2009
tbtabby Means "end" in Swedish. Jul 13, 2009
bilby A town in Vasterbotten, Sweden. Jan 4, 2008
seanahan I use slut and man slut. Oct 14, 2007
sonofgroucho My wife tells me our 21 year old daughter uses the term slut for both sexes. Obviously, a generational thing. Oct 14, 2007
reesetee Ditto. But I try not to use it much. Oct 14, 2007
chained_bear I don't know about anybody else--I use this word to describe promiscuous people of any gender. (A few people I know do the same.) Oct 13, 2007
seanahan This is just such a soothing word to say. It really rolls off the tongue. Oct 13, 2007
uselessness How unfortunate! Oct 12, 2007
briennez Acronym for the South Lake Union Trolley in Seattle. Oct 12, 2007