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slut-shame

American  
[sluht-shaym] / ˈslʌtˌʃeɪm /

verb (used with or without object)

  1. Slang. to publicly humiliate or shame (a woman) for engaging in promiscuous or premarital sex.

    sexually active girls who get slut-shamed.


Etymology

Origin of slut-shame

First recorded in 2010; slut + shame ( def. )


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