condo cowboy

[Wilson Gray]

Has "date," an old slang term for "pay a prostitute for sexual
intercourse," i.e., she asks a potentential client, "Do you want to
date with me?", by way of "John and Mary are dating," i.e. involved in
a relationship that includes sexual intercourse, finally made the leap
into the maimstream language as a euphemism for "engage in sexual
intercourse with"?

-Wilson

On 8/20/06, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> "Condo cowboy" appeared in a recent CBS Evening News piece on senior
> citizens with AIDS.
>
 2005 _Arkansas Democrat Gazette_ 19 June 48 (Factiva) "Lifelong
> Health" Almost every week, articles appear that discuss the epidemic of
> sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) in retirement communities, where
> a single man can _date_ a different woman every night of the week. They
> are often referred to as "Condo Cowboys," who boast of different sexual
> partners on a weekly basis.
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> --Ben Zimmer
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