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posted by [personal profile] the_dala at 10:12pm on 18/08/2004
To whomever's available:

PotC timeline-appropriate word for 'pimp'? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?

Or is 'pimp' really that old a word? I suppose it could be, but it just looks so funny...

ETA: Got one. Thanks, guys! Crisis averted.
Mood:: 'anxious' anxious
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posted by [identity profile] raphe1.livejournal.com at 07:21pm on 18/08/2004
One of these perhaps? From dictionary.com

pander

n : someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) [syn: pimp, procurer, panderer, pandar, fancy man, ponce] v 1: yield (to); give satisfaction to [syn: gratify, indulge] 2: arrange for sexual partners for others [syn: pimp, procure]

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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 07:22pm on 18/08/2004
Oh! I forgot to check there! Thanks! ::glomps::

Hmmm. Panderer or procurer looks the least awkward, I think.
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posted by [identity profile] rikibeth.livejournal.com at 07:27pm on 18/08/2004
Those were the two I was going to suggest. Pity it's not a woman, I LOVE the sound of "procuress."
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 07:49pm on 18/08/2004
No! NO more plot bunnies!

...well, maybe just a few...
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posted by [identity profile] megpie71.livejournal.com at 07:42pm on 18/08/2004
Fear not, the word "pimp" is acceptable. From the Concise Oxford English Dictionary:

pimp
· n.
1 a man who controls prostitutes and arranges clients for them, taking a percentage of their earnings in return.
2 Austral. informal a telltale or informer.
· v.
1 [often as noun pimping] act as a pimp.
2 (pimp on) Austral. informal inform on.
– ORIGIN C16: of unknown origin.

So it appeared in about the 1500s, and would certainly have entered the language by the 1700s.

As a term for a woman who looked after prostitutes, the word "bawd" is acceptable, as is "abbess" (the madam of a whorehouse). Hope that helps.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 07:50pm on 18/08/2004
Thanks! Aha, it is a pretty elderly term...
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posted by [identity profile] commodoresexual.livejournal.com at 07:54pm on 18/08/2004
...Heh, well...

A word I've head about is 'He's my Johnny.' IE, her John.
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According to the Merriam-Webster 11th Collegiate Dictionary...

posted by [identity profile] geekmama.livejournal.com at 08:31pm on 18/08/2004
Main Entry:1pimp
Pronunciation:*pimp
Function:noun
Etymology:probably akin to British dialect pimp small bundle of sticks, Middle English pymple papule, German Pimpf young boy, kid, literally, little fart, Pumpf, Pumps fart
Date:1600

: a man who solicits clients for a prostitute
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