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Yogi2005 Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

promiscuous

hi,

The word promiscuous sounds a bit formal to me. Could you help me find any similar words in meaning that would be less formal, informal or slang.

thank you
  

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Hi, It rather depends on the context, the age of the speaker and the audience, the degree of politeness desired, the degree to which one disapproves of the conduct involved, etc. ****** (usually said of a woman, which seems rather uinfair) he/she sleeps around sexually open-minded sexually indiscriminate available easy Best wishes, Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, It rather depends on the context, the age of the speaker and the audience, the degree of politeness desired, the degree to which one disapproves of the conduct involved, etc.
  • ****** (usually said of a woman, which seems rather uinfair) he/she sleeps around sexually open-minded sexually indiscriminate available easy Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

It rather depends on the context, the age of the speaker and the audience, the degree of politeness desired, the degree to which one disapproves of the conduct involved, etc.

****** (usually said of a woman, which seems rather uinfair)

he/she sleeps around

sexually open-minded

sexually indiscriminate

available

easy

Best wi
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for slang, search at this site:
http://www.urbandictionary.com
with
promiscuous
and you will find:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=promiscuous
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'a bit of a tart/ a complete tart' used about men and women

'puts it about a bit'
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to find slang with the same meaning
make a search at Yahoo with
promiscuous slang dictionary
and you will get several dictionary pages containing the term
including some with these terms:

Bustdown: Slang, n. (1)a female known for being extremely promiscuous (sleeping around) primarily used in the Midwest (IL), Uni
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