[Ads-l] Possible WOTY Candidate: Sugar/Sugaring

[Laurence Horn]

On Dec 28, 2014, at 11:11 AM, Baker, John wrote:

> "Sugaring" and the "sugar" lifestyle refer to the relationships between sugar daddies

--or sugar mommas, as per the promise of the seekingarrangement.com site:

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We provide Relationships on Your Terms

Where Sugar Babies enjoy a life of luxury by being pampered with fine dinners, exotic trips and allowances. In turn, Sugar Daddies or Mommas find beautiful members to accompany them at all times.
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Indeed.

LH



> and sugar babies, especially as formalized using websites such as SeekingArrangement.com.  
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> I didn't bother searching for "sugar," but I did look for early examples of "sugaring."  The earliest example I see is a blog post comment from 3/31/2009, at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://www.seekingarrangement.com/blog/sugar-daddy-messages/:&k=dpQisR3avULHgiNaNeY%2Btg%3D%3D%0A&r=MW6Q85EuQFDFs0kj9ASwdaXohusE833r9bFEf66m5kA%3D%0A&m=uox9fR%2B1weHtBfeJFp8PDAGARJOqJCGt0Va9MkdaRtY%3D%0A&s=20d62ddf5b873d577a3c0c5aea959e804d4d2d372b62e19ab257e25cb8ee2986  "Everyone seems to be the usual ups and downs of the Sugar-ing."  
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> The next example, this time without the hyphen, is from another blog post comment, on 7/28/2009, at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://www.seekingarrangement.com/blog/can-a-sugar-daddy-give-too-much/:&k=dpQisR3avULHgiNaNeY%2Btg%3D%3D%0A&r=MW6Q85EuQFDFs0kj9ASwdaXohusE833r9bFEf66m5kA%3D%0A&m=uox9fR%2B1weHtBfeJFp8PDAGARJOqJCGt0Va9MkdaRtY%3D%0A&s=9293b8bee3632ca6b78028cd5cdbc65c9b38c1924a90b02160318b0f45c2821f  " Maybe it's time for a blog about "Sugaring on a Budget" - also known as "all that and a bag of chips.""
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> The term came to wider attention when the phenomenon was featured on the premiere episode of This Is Life with Lisa Ling on CNN on 9/28/2014.  There were at least three promotional discussions of the upcoming program on 9/25/2014, each of which emphasized that "sugaring" was a new or unfamiliar term to the speaker.
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> John Baker
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