Defining "pimp"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Wilson writes, "For any Freudians who care, whores addressed their pimps as 'daddy'
and their tricks as 'baby,' whereas tricks addressed the whores as
'mama.'"

  And in old movies, guys addressed prostitutes as "sister."

  Dysfunctional.

  JL



Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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Back in the day, potential tricks were approached with the question,
"Do you wanna date with me?" I interpreted this as "Do you want _to
date_ with me?" So, far about a half-century, I thought, "Hm.
Interesting construction. Perhaps I can do something with that, one of
these days." Then, not long ago, I suddenly flashed on the possibility
that the question could just as easily have been, "Do you want _a
date_ with me?"

Sometimes, procrastination is the better part of leaping to unfounded
conclusions, I guess.

For any Freudians who care, whores addressed their pimps as "daddy"
and their tricks as "baby," whereas tricks addressed the whores as
"mama."

-Wilson

On 2/20/08, Mark Mandel wrote:
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> Ouch.
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> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > A _pimp_, is defined, as quoted by Jesse in his article, as "a person
> > who arranges opportunities for sexual intercourse with a prostitute."
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> > Perhaps that should be modified to read, "in Shakespeare's time" or some
> > such.
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