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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character of being whorish.

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  • noun The state or condition of being whorish.

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Examples

  • March 21, 2008 at 11: 51 PM no, you totally got it! awesome. we're on the same page. funny, i thought YOU were being sarcastic. i've been supporting hillary b/c i know she's slimy enough to get there and liberal enough to make at least some hay while the sun shines. i haven't been so sure about obama. but his recent whorishness is promising. what i'm still not sure about is whether or not he has the wherewithal to build the network he needs to make this all happen. hillary already has the network. we'll see i guess.

    In Which I Consider Supporting Obama 2008

  • And, then after watching so many people blame the Congressional GOP as uniquely guilty in all of this, I wrote this (NRO exclusive!) on what some might call the whorishness of the Democratic Party.

    The Corner 2008

  • But I've almost stopped caring in any case because Obama-supporting online wannapunds have utterly failed to notice how brilliantly whorish -- rather than brilliant -- his race speech was, and continue to accuse the Clinton camp of the same kind of whorishness, broadly accusing them of racism while refusing to use the word.

    SeeLight: 2008

  • But I've almost stopped caring in any case because Obama-supporting online wannapunds have utterly failed to notice how brilliantly whorish -- rather than brilliant -- his race speech was, and continue to accuse the Clinton camp of the same kind of whorishness, broadly accusing them of racism while refusing to use the word.

    "Clinton has gone too far" 2008

  • The candidates 'identity issues ... where Clinton doesn't do well and Obama, because of his whorishness, does.

    SeeLight: 2008

  • The candidates 'identity issues ... where Clinton doesn't do well and Obama, because of his whorishness, does.

    "Clinton has gone too far" 2008

  • Not only can they not temper their appetites but they have the nerve to go out in public and flaunt their food-whorishness on a scooter.

    Charlotte Hilton Andersen: Would You Rather Be Called a Slut or Fat? 2009

  • But back to the crimes made possible by the legal whorishness of such wunderkinds as Yoo (not "you" of course) and his ilk.

    Larisa Alexandrovna: Just Say "NO" to War Crimes! 2008

  • With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy's trademark schtick, if your real name is so uncannily effective at conjuring up images of whorishness that it's been adopted as a porn star's nom de screw, You Might Be A Ho.

    cereal boxes lie, but Carmen keeps it real - Anil Dash 2003

  • I promise to keep the clingy whorishness to a minimum.

    hemopoetic Diary Entry hemopoetic 2002

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