What do you think ‘slut’ meant?

Slut:
Used to give offence….Tart…Tramp etc.
Derogatory use..…Low standards of self care and cleanliness.

trisher

I thought Katherine Whitehorn redefined slut in the 60s when she wrote her wonderful piece about women coping with life, taking clothes out the laundry basket because they had nothing clean etc.
It's here if you want to read it. Almost 60 years since it was written!
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Thanks for that. I still find some of her articles that I’ve cut out and put into books or diaries. I loved her.

Thanks Trisher for remembering the late great Katherine Whitehorn, RIP.
I have also always loved her Sluts’ tip for cleaning the bathroom : make sure the taps are really shiny and the rest will look fine!

Yes, Galaxy there is, in Scots she is a cheeky besom, not only for making derogatory comments on othe women but for sticking her nose in where it isn't wanted generally speaking.

I only knew it to mean someone who had had a lot of action with a variety of others in the groin area

JaneJudge

I only knew it to mean someone who had had a lot of action with a variety of others in the groin area

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I called my mum a "silly hewer" (whore in Derbyshire speak!) Not having a clue what it meant, at 13 ! thankfully-neither did she! (Scots country upbringing)! But to me slut to means someone who puts out for anyone and everyone.

a slut when i was young meant someone who put out for loads of guys.

Slut was like moll, tart etc - someone who wasn’t fussy who she had sex with. In a male it was regarded as completely different, something to envy if anything, a bit of a lad or a wombat ( eats, roots, and leaves). Sexism at its finest.

Here is a woman of some notoriety who has a platform where she can increase her own visibility at the expense of other women - why introduce the word 'slut' but to inject some sexual flavour into her presentation and at the same time to remind the general public that women can be called this for acts/behaviour that when associated with men receive no such pejorative language - why do we watch this woman - I'm not jealous by the way

I don’t watch her, she seems so affected to me. She kind of exudes unhappiness, not sure why.

Regardless of all the above, I have made that dessert on many occasions and it is absolutely delicious, on the off chance that anyone is interested

I never take Nigella seriously. Happy though to give her recipes the benefit of the doubt.

Jane Judge - ?- I couldn’t have put it better ?????

What can I say?

sluttygran

What can I say?

I'm saying nothing, sluttygran

I always thought slut was ment for a woman with no morals.
Trying to dress it up as a pud is a bit of a joke.

I once almost fell out with a neighbour when she told me of her domestic failings, not cleaning behind the fridge or something. 'You slut!' was intended as jocular banter. She took it quite differently.

I suppose today's usage is more tied up with Slut Walks and the like. Where being sluttish is every woman's right?

Oh, I give up. Those who want to be offended will be.

olliebeak I’m pretty sure Nigella has never put her hair behind her ears, they are enormous! (There is a god…) I caught a snap of her with the wind blowing her hair back.
My sister has the same ears and we haven’t seen them for years?

Backpedaling- yes there are pics of her showing her ears, but it’s probably not her favourite style.

I don’t think it’s an attractive name, she must be running out of ideas.

Slut originally meant someone who was lax in their hygiene or housekeeping but for years it has been used in a derogatory way for someone who sleeps around. Why Nigella didn't realise this before is a mystery before but, quite frankly, as long as she only used to describe a pudding, I can't see the problem.

ExaltedWombat
I say that to friends and family when the say something like you’ll never believe what I found in the back of the cupboard/ drawer But they laugh ?

Just read this in a book,

A slut is a woman who sleeps with anyone; a bitch is a woman who sleeps with anyone but you.

From a man’s point of view, of course.

Slut food is just delicious fast food that's messy, and eaten with gusto i.e. not burgers and chips. www.eggslut.com/#menu is a Fast Food place.