A WORD ON PROSTITUTES.

Ask me not where I stand or what I believe, ye men of little trust judge not a man. Thus thou not the almighty.

Terms for prostitutes form perhaps the most powerful and extensive word-field for abuse and swearing in the language, emerging consistently throughout its history. Several terms have their own entries, some being discussed in the overlapping category of promiscuity. Although prostitution has evidently been practiced throughout history, a history of prostitution is more difficult to construct, and is obviously beyond the range of this work.