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Lore vs Slore - What's the difference?

lore | slore |

As nouns the difference between lore and slore

is that lore is all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience while slore is an extremely promiscuous female or male.

As a verb lore

is past tense of lose.

lore

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lore, from (etyl) '', German ''Lehre . See also (l).

Noun

  • all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
  • the lore of the Ancient Egyptians
  • * Milton
  • His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore .
  • The backstory created around a fictional universe.
  • (obsolete) workmanship
  • (Spenser)
    Derived terms
    * birdlore * booklore * catlore * doglore * faxlore * fishlore * folklore * photocopylore * woodlore * wortlore * xeroxlore

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
  • (anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
  • Derived terms
    * lored

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (lose)
  • * Spenser
  • Neither of them she found where she them lore .

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    slore

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet slang, derogatory) An extremely promiscuous female or male.
  • Quotations

    * 1997, Mr. Luvseoul, in alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.fetish.feet, alt.sex.fetish.feet, and alt.barefoot [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sex.fetish.feet/msg/0227f655d685a427?dmode=source&hl=en] *: Gorgeous Bare Slore ~ALERT * 2001, Maevele S.A. Straw, in alt.music.tool [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.tool/msg/70cf69ed135da328?dmode=source&hl=en] *: I believe I did hear something to that effect on tv a year or so ago, when I hardly knew who this christina slore was. * 2002, ATP, in misc.fitness.weights [http://groups.google.com/group/misc.fitness.weights/msg/56ebf72f193c7571?dmode=source&hl=en] *: The girl did not look like a slore , she looked fairly wholesome in every other regard. * 2003, John Henry, quoted in [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usenet.kooks/msg/3de4dfc767d019f9?dmode=source&hl=en] *: I'm sitting here wondering why alt.games.morrowind isn't propagating and Google isn't carrying it, and suddenly I download the control message and see this idiot fuckwit slore has rmgrouped it - because "2 days is not long enough for a proper discussion in alt.config." * 2004, Morgan Vening, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.pro-wrestling/msg/23ecf7a8f2ebeaba?dmode=source&hl=en] *: But you don't often hear about Nicky. Whereas locally, the slore gets pasted across the media constantly. * 2005, Yersinia Pestis, in alt.skate-board [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.skate-board/msg/10daa6d1b12e945b?dmode=source] *: Raven - "Hmm, sounds like my kinda slore ."

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