What do you think ‘slut’ meant?

Slut in Swedish (pronounced sloot) means finished. Maybe she means that when you’ve eaten it the meal is finished ?

i think nowadays, it's imposs to think of slut as anything other than akin to tart, but worse.

Here it has only one meaning, a derogatory term for a promiscuous woman.

If Nigella was changing the name of a dessert, it was probably due to pressure from publishers.

I think they are called slutty because they are made with filthy rich gooey chocolate.

I was christened 'Slutty' because I am incurably, obsessively and irritatingly houseproud.
It's the same principle as Little John being so named because he was very big!

I was so angry about the state of my teenage daughter's bedroom that I told her she was "such a slut" - meaning dirty and untidy. Of course she interpreted this as being rather more derogatory and was really upset.
I don't have many regrets in life but this is one of them. I do wish I had chosen my words more carefully rather than upsetting her so badly.

Mess also refers to people living and eating together. As an army brat I grew up in communities with an Officer's Mess, Srgeant's Mess and others.

As the 'slut' thread shows, there are very few words in the Englsih language with only one clear meaning. Most have two or more clear and unrelated meanings.

I thought that the origins of Eton Mess were that the school’s Cook made a sort of pavlova type thing; dropped it; and then scooped up all the ingredients and put them into bowls willy-nilly (now there’s a name for a desert!)

The reason it's called Eton Mess, is because it's traditionally served at Eton College's annual cricket game against the pupils of Harrow School

Easy peasy, delicious but so easy for some pubs etc to get wrong.

what about eton mess.
i'd never heard of it til i saw it in the works canteen once.
thought it sounded horrible; stupid name, off-putting.

I loved Katherine Whitehorn's articles; my guiding principle when a young mother was her advice to 'think what the Coroner might say'.

grannyactivist

I called my mother a slut once, when I was thirteen. She slapped my face so hard that my ears rang for a week!

In fairness to my younger self I had no idea of the connotation relating to morals, I’d read the word in a book and it referred to a selfish woman who did no housework. With hindsight my mother’s life at the time was such that she had cause to think I meant the latter.

I did a similar thing @grannyactivist. Only I asked my mum why she was all tarted up? I honestly thought it just meant she had some make up on. Lol.

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.

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.

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 ?

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.

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

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

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?

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.

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.

sluttygran

What can I say?

I'm saying nothing, sluttygran

What can I say?

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

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