slut

American  

[sluht] / slʌt /

noun

1. Disparaging and Offensive. a person, especially a woman, who is sexually promiscuous.

2. Informal. a person with a seemingly insatiable but often undiscerning desire to do or have something specified: a book slut, reading five books at once.

   guilty of being a shoe slut;

   a book slut, reading five books at once.

3. Archaic.

   1. a prostitute; harlot.

   2. an immoral or dissolute woman.

   3. a dirty, slovenly woman.

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slut British  

/ slʌt /

noun

1. derogatory a dirty slatternly woman

2. derogatory an immoral woman

3. archaic a female dog

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Other Word Forms

• sluttish
  adjective
• sluttishly
  adverb
• sluttishness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of slut

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English slutte; compare dialectal slut “mud,” Norwegian (dialectal) slutr “sleet, impure liquid”

Explanation

A slut is a vulgar insult hurled at woman and it implies that she sleeps around or has sex with too many people. It is not cool to call any woman a slut. This is a sexist word that should be used with caution or not used at all. Calling women sluts is a way of shaming them about their sex lives, and that's really no one else's business. Unfortunately, there are a lot similar words to slut, such as adulteress, hussy, whore, loose woman, strumpet, and trollop. The word is sometimes used for men, as in man-slut, which may be a sign that our ideas of sluttiness are changing.

Example Sentences

I have issues with the two go-to books on polyamory, The Ethical Slut and More Than Two.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2021

The upcoming conversation was taped before the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on industries worldwide and also features Slut Walk founder and women’s right activist, Amber Rose and DeAndre Levy in the ongoing discussion about consent.

From Fox News • Oct. 19, 2020

After graduating from university in the early 1990s, Wood spent a few years DJing and running an arts listings magazine, eventually going on to become editor of the alternative music magazine Jockey Slut in 1999.

From The Guardian • Nov. 6, 2018

Organizations like Slut Walk and Take Back The Night have made great strides in ending stigma for sexual assault survivors and have called for increasing trigger warnings for sensitive content.

From Time • Aug. 31, 2016

When McBeath approached Egg Slut founder and chef Alvin Cailan, who is working on opening an Egg Slut location on Pacific Avenue in Venice Beach, Cailan said he was "shocked and stoked."

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2015

Related Words

• tramp
• whore