"MC" wrote:
Hussy: Saucy, mischievous, brazen.

Yep, I'd say you are a hussy -as a matter of public record.

The word also means immoral. Flirting is immoral? hmmm

LP

What dictionary are you using?

Cheers

Lady Pilot wrote:

"MC" wrote:

Hussy: Saucy, mischievous, brazen.

Yep, I'd say you are a hussy -as a matter of public record.


The word also means immoral. Flirting is immoral? hmmm

LP

I wasn't using one until now. I pulled my American Heritage College from
the shelf and it says:

1. A woman considered brazen or immoral.

Then there's dictionary.com...which is identical.

LP


"MC" wrote:
What dictionary are you using?

Cheers

Lady Pilot wrote:

"MC" wrote:

Hussy: Saucy, mischievous, brazen.

Yep, I'd say you are a hussy -as a matter of public record.


The word also means immoral. Flirting is immoral? hmmm

LP

Try using a better dictionary. Here's the current OED:

Hussy:
1. The mistress of a household; a thrifty woman: = HOUSEWIFE 1. Obs.

2. A rustic, rude, opprobrious, or playfully rude mode of addressing a
woman.

3. In some rural districts a mere equivalent of Woman, lass; hence, A
strong country woman, a female of the lower orders; a woman of low or
improper behaviour, or of light or worthless character; an ill-behaved,
pert, or mischievous girl; a jade, minx. Also jocularly or in raillery.
The bad sense was at first mostly with qualification (light, etc.),
or contextual.

Note 2!. Now where's the immoral?

Cheers


Lady Pilot wrote:

I wasn't using one until now. I pulled my American Heritage College from
the shelf and it says:

1. A woman considered brazen or immoral.

Then there's dictionary.com...which is identical.

LP


"MC" wrote:

What dictionary are you using?

Cheers

Lady Pilot wrote:


"MC" wrote:


Hussy: Saucy, mischievous, brazen.

Yep, I'd say you are a hussy -as a matter of public record.


The word also means immoral. Flirting is immoral? hmmm

LP

"MC" wrote:
Try using a better dictionary. Here's the current OED:

It's a cultural thing, MC. Have you ever traveled abroad where some things
are better left unspoken?

If that is some kind of NZ apology, then I accept.

LP

MC asked: Now where's the immoral?

a woman of low or=20
improper behaviour, or of light or worthless character; an ill-behaved,

Maybe you'd better look up the definition of immoral....the above are =
synonymous....=20


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"Lady Pilot" wrote in message
news:Mb_Rb.3194$EW.1191@okepread02...
| I wasn't using one until now. I pulled my American Heritage College from
| the shelf and it says:
|
| 1. A woman considered brazen or immoral.
|
| Then there's dictionary.com...which is identical.

Shame you didn't refer to Mooron's Dictionary..... Brazen: curious; playful;
requiring a firm hand and a gentle caress.

CM

Capt. Mooron wrote:

"Lady Pilot" wrote in message
news:Mb_Rb.3194$EW.1191@okepread02...
| I wasn't using one until now. I pulled my American Heritage College from
| the shelf and it says:
|
| 1. A woman considered brazen or immoral.
|
| Then there's dictionary.com...which is identical.

Shame you didn't refer to Mooron's Dictionary..... Brazen: curious; playful;
requiring a firm hand and a gentle caress.


It's sad day when commercial dictionaries purporting to be reference
material
are innacurate.

Cheers

"Capt. Mooron" wrote:

"Lady Pilot" wrote:
| I wasn't using one until now. I pulled my American Heritage College
from
| the shelf and it says:
|
| 1. A woman considered brazen or immoral.
|
| Then there's dictionary.com...which is identical.

Shame you didn't refer to Mooron's Dictionary..... Brazen: curious;
playful;
requiring a firm hand and a gentle caress.

That sounds much more accurate. :-)

Sleep tight,

LP