actor, actress, star

[Jonathan Lighter]

Stupid as it all is, it makes "sense" - in the sense of "how media usage
mavens think."

There's also "pornstress," which didn't turn up (too favorable?). And would
anybody say "porn performer"? (Too unfavorable?)


JL



On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > Semantically, WTF?
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> Precisely! Everyone knows that the proper, PC, unisex term is "porn
> _star_."
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