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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThree perfectly good substitutes for the phrase "corporate whore" -- for people who would prefer
not to offend many (but admittedly not all) progressive women and men.
Corporate lackey.
Corporate flunky.
Corporate toady.
Any others you would suggest?
ON EDIT:
Several others have suggested the phrase "corporate shill." Another good choice. As is "sellout."
marym625
(17,997 posts)pnwmom
(109,025 posts)CTyankee
(63,926 posts)Maeve
(42,312 posts)I know toads aren't slimy but they can leave a mess on you if you're not careful (grew up in the country handling both toads and frogs)
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)We need to back off. It's OK to call males corporate whores, but we have a woman in the race, and use of the word whore is too easily misunderstood. I am being serious here, not sarcastic. For a change.
surrealAmerican
(11,369 posts)corporate shill?
pnwmom
(109,025 posts)brewens
(13,671 posts)over calling Snot Walker and a few others Koch Whore's. Go ahead, I'll wait.
pnwmom
(109,025 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)We don't have to re-invent the wheel here
Tue Oct-07-08 11:19 AM
"Palin the Political Whore"]
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7344938
pnwmom
(109,025 posts)So I thought I'd suggest a few.
And I also like "corporate shill," which was suggested by another poster.
randys1
(16,286 posts)Thank you for thinking outside the box
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Is some of that because of the historical usage of whore- 100% yes-
Can ALL people use it without being misogynistic "think Mark Levin", of course not-
Will it be used in the future-
yep
Will there be 200+ threads again-
yep
Response to brewens (Reply #6)
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nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)+ brazilion
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)XRubicon
(2,213 posts)pnwmom
(109,025 posts)When applied to a woman, it contains nasty, sexist connotations.
XRubicon
(2,213 posts)pnwmom
(109,025 posts)XRubicon
(2,213 posts)pnwmom
(109,025 posts)What a dictionary won't tell you is what the connotations of a word are. And the word "whore" carries nasty associations with females who sell their bodies -- that first definition.
XRubicon
(2,213 posts)Anyway, good luck finding the perfect word that pleases everyone.
pnwmom
(109,025 posts)And no reason to use a word (whore, or one of its variants) that offends many women (and even many progressive men).
XRubicon
(2,213 posts)That have different meanings in different contexts.
pnwmom
(109,025 posts)to want to avoid using it in any context against women.
XRubicon
(2,213 posts)Not to talk to them like a child.
pnwmom
(109,025 posts)Even though a term like corporate shill, toady, or sellout gets the meaning across without the misogyny.
XRubicon
(2,213 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)pnwmom
(109,025 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)I do use insulting phrases (probably more than I should) ... but see no reason (and have no desire to) use phrases that are gender, racial, sexual orientation, ethnic ... slurs.
I see words that evoke painful or hateful images as having no part in a civil or welcoming environment.
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)Violet_Crumble
(35,990 posts)I don't know. Too many choices! And I fear the shirt will never look the same again...
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)I like the others though.
pnwmom
(109,025 posts)If enough people thought that it would be reason to use another term.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)HFRN
(1,469 posts)pnwmom
(109,025 posts)HFRN
(1,469 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)pnwmom
(109,025 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)pnwmom
(109,025 posts)PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)bvf
(6,604 posts)"Running-dog lackey of the bourgeoisie, " myself, although it's just an embellishment on "lackey."
TexasProgresive
(12,165 posts)I can't think of any words that express that. It is not just the selling of body (sex) but the selling of your principles.
I'm not going to use the word but I recall it being in regular use on DU2 to define certain ones in the media, corporations and politics. I don't remember anyone getting too upset by its use. I suppose someone attributed this word to Ms. Clinton.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)pnwmom
(109,025 posts)From Dictionary.com
Informal. a person who betrays a cause, organization, or the like; traitor.
4.
Informal. a person who compromises his or her personal values, integrity, talent, or the like, for money or personal advancement.
TexasProgresive
(12,165 posts)I have heard that word and prostitute used my whole life to describe someone who abandons their principles. i.e. an artist who forgos his/her art to seek after fame and or fortune has prostituted their art. It bothers me that we are in danger of limiting the broad range of words because some can't get past one definition.
What started all this foofaraw, and would it have caused so much turmoil if it had been directed at a man, say Trump?
pnwmom
(109,025 posts)Which is exactly why it is especially nasty when it is applied to female politicians.