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Stevenukd Posted 20 years ago
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I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME

Dear Teachers,

1. "hooker" is used for women, so what word is common and is used for men nowadays?

2. The female singer Charllen used to sing that "I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me.".

- Does "I've never been to me" have any figurative meanings?

Thanks a bunch to Teachers,

Stevenukd.
  

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Hello Steve 1. "Rent boy" is commonly used for a male prostitute. 2.

— MrPedantic

  • Hello Steve 1.
  • "Rent boy" is commonly used for a male prostitute.
  • 2.
  • g.
  • "I've never been to Australia", "I've never been to Chicago", etc.
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Hello Steve

1. "Rent boy" is commonly used for a male prostitute.

2. An idiomatic phrase is "I've never been to X", e.g. "I've never been to Australia", "I've never been to Chicago", etc. In the phrase "I've never been to me", perhaps the singer imagines herself as a place which she has never visited. (In other words, she doesn't know herself very well.)

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>she doesn't know herself very well.

I agree with MrP.
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Renter is slang for a male prostitute.
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/ZRAB.HTM


Leatherboy is slang for a motobike enthusiast.
Leatherboy is slang for a young male homosexual.
Leatherboy is slang for a young male prostitute.
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MrPedantic1. "Rent boy" is commonly used for a male prostitute.

I've lived a sheltered life. I never knew this!
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Grammar Geek
MrPedantic1. "Rent boy" is commonly used for a male prostitute.
I've lived a sheltered life. I never knew this!
Maybe it's a BrE phrase in that case. I had better check...
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