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Pimp vs Pamp - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between pimp and pamp

is that pimp is to prostitute someone while pamp is to pamper.

As verbs the difference between pimp and pamp

is that pimp is to act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander while pamp is to pamper.

As a noun pimp

is a man who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for prostitutes; a panderer.

As an adjective pimp

is (slang) excellent, fashionable, stylish.

As a numeral pimp

is five in cumbrian and welsh sheep counting.

pimp

English

Etymology 1

Origin unknown. Perhaps from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A man who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for prostitutes; a panderer.
  • A man who can easily attract women.
  • Derived terms
    * pimpdom * pimphood * pimpness * pimpship * pimp slap, pimp-slap

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
  • To prostitute someone.
  • The smooth-talking, tall man with heavy gold bracelets claimed he could pimp anyone.
  • (transitive, US, African American Vernacular English) To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also (pimp out)).
  • You pimped out that AC (air conditioner) f'real (for real), dawg.
  • (transitive, medicine, slang) To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).
  • * 2004 , Robert A. Blume, Arthur W. Combs, The Continuing American Revolution: A Psychological Perspective , page 183
  • Only an attending physician can pimp' a chief resident; the chief resident and attending can '''pimp''' a junior resident; they all three can ' pimp an intern.
  • (transitive, US, slang) To promote, to tout.
  • I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers.
  • (slang) To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.
  • I pimped her out of $2,000 and she paid for the entire stay at the Bahamas.
    Synonyms
    * pitch, promote, tout, spruik
    Derived terms
    * pimp off * pimp out * pimp up

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (slang) excellent, fashionable, stylish
  • See also

    * pimping * player * playah

    See also

    * madam

    Etymology 2

    (Yan Tan Tethera) From (etyl) numerals. Cognate with Welsh pump

    Numeral

    (head)
  • five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting
  • See also
    *

    References

    * {{reference-book , last = Wright , first = Peter , title = Cumbrian Chat , origyear = 1995 , publisher = Dalesman Publishing Company , id = ISBN 185-568-092-0 , pages = 7 }} * {{reference-book , last = Deakin , first = Michael A.B. , editor = Leigh-Lancaster, David , title = The Name of the Number , origyear = 2007 , url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sSGPsbUdzuMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Name+of+the+Number&client=firefox-a&sig=rltANTWrl82R7Ho4mEv0PivE698 , accessdate = 2008-05-17 , publisher = Australian Council for Educational Research , id = ISBN 0864317573 , pages = 75 }} * {{reference-book , last = Varvogli , first = Aliki , title = Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide , origyear = 2002 , url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YwW7f0jB9swC&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Proulx,+Annie%22&client=firefox-a&sig=1V4j_clhRbrJm7XnesnFDk8NU0Q , accessdate = 2008-05-17 , publisher = Continuum International Publishing Group , id = ISBN 0826452337 , pages = 24-25 }}

    pamp

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pamper.