Escort Service Glossary

[Wilson Gray]

In madam Deborah Palfrey's "company newsletter," she feels the need to
define a particular vice cop's "gig" as his "MO."

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1201061palfrey1.html

This meaning is already covered in HDAS at gig n, 4c

-Wilson

On 3/28/08, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 3/28/2008 12:07 PM, Baker, John wrote:
> >         Maybe I should have included an emoticon. :)   "Head," "john,"
> >and "madam" were among the terms I took to be sufficiently well-known
> >that most people would not need a glossary.
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> Yes -- I just wondered, being unable to remember when I first heard
> "suck" used in a similar sense (or for that matter in the
> "contemptible or disgusting" sense), whether it might have replaced "head".
> :)
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> Joel
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> >John Baker
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> >Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:34 AM
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> >Subject: Re: Escort Service Glossary
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> >At 3/28/2008 01:32 AM, Baker, John wrote:
> > >In an escort service prosecution (this is the Sen. Vitter case, not the
> >
> > >Gov. Spitzer case), a detective has provided a two-page glossary of
> > >escort service terminology.  Some of the terms are not exactly opaque
> > >("head" = oral sex; is this one new to you?),
> >
> >Not new to me -- isn't "head" the 50s "suck"?
> >
> >Joel
> >
> > >but some were new to me, such as attempts (to reach orgasm), cover (a
> > >condom), CBJ (Covered Blow Job, oral sex with a condom), and PSE (Porn
> > >Star Experience).  The glossary is available at
> > >http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0327081palfrey1.html.
> > >
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> > >John Baker
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