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slut-shamey

slut-shamey adjective: engaging in, promoting, or characteristic of slut-shaming.

Adjective

slut-shamey (comparative more slut-shamey, superlative most slut-shamey)

  1. (informal) Engaging in, promoting, or characteristic of slut-shaming.
    • One of the biggest myths about dating is that how soon you choose to have sex impacts the longevity of the relationship. So if you are a woman and you're looking for love, giving it up too early will preclude any possibility of a long-term relationship. Outside of being blatantly slut-shamey, this...2011, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Outdated: Why Dating Is Ruining Your Love Life, Seal Press, →ISBN, pages 92–93
    • We should all know by now that hooker jokes are way passé and slut-shaming is wrong, but when tempers flare, a slut-shamey slur can occasionally pop out of one's mouth.2015, Siouxsie Q, "A Happier, Hotter Year: Seven Sexual Resolutions for 2015, SF Weekly, 7 January 2015

Forms of slut-shamey

comparativemore slut-shamey
superlativemost slut-shamey

Origin of slut-shamey

From slut-shame + -y.

Questions about slut-shamey

What does slut-shamey mean?
Slut-shamey means engaging in, promoting, or characteristic of slut-shaming.
What part of speech is slut-shamey?
Slut-shamey is an adjective.

Words near slut-shamey in the dictionary

  1. slut-maker
  2. slut-makers
  3. slut-shame
  4. slut-shamed
  5. slut-shames
  6. slut-shamey
  7. slut-shaming
  8. slutbag
  9. slutbags
  10. slutbitch
  11. slutbitches

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