- word choice - Gigolo is to man as what is to woman? - English Language . . .
The English took the word gigolo from the French in the 1920s But the word was rather recent in the French language at the time It had appeared in French, together with its feminine equivalent gigolette, in the middle of the 19 th century What’s interesting is that there are two suspected origins to the words gigolo and gigolette in French
- Sl*t term for males - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"gigolo" has a positive connotation (a bit like "man-eater"), though, whereas "slut" has a negative connotation – Neil Coffey Commented May 30, 2011 at 5:02
- single word requests - Man is to womanizer as woman is to what . . .
What's the feminine version of womanizer? You would think that a skirt-chaser, being a lover of women (or Highlanders :), would be said to engage in philogyny, but instead he’s known as a philanderer (< Greek ϕίλανδρος) — which while at first glance would be just the word you’re looking for, certainly is not
- What is the male equivalent of mistress in formal English?
The mistress definition, Oxford dictionary a woman having an extramarital sexual relationship, esp with a married man I am looking for the male equivalent of 'mistress' as defined above Some so
- Origin of how we I roll? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Searching Subzin com, the phrase was used in many Hollywood films in the 2000s, but the earliest I found was from a song in 1999's Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo: Wyclef Jean's 1997 "We Trying to Stay Alive" (the first single from his debut solo album) and these lines delivered by his cousin Pras: Well you can tell by the way I roll shorty
- meaning - What does a man of leisure do exactly? What is the . . .
In other words, in its pure sense, it describes a man who is independently wealthy And in a more modern or, dare I say, more "impure" sense, it is sometimes used to describe a high-end gigolo who himself has few financial concerns as the result of another man or woman's generosity This interpretation is more commonly used in the gay community
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