Prostitute vs Brasser - What's the difference?
prostitute | brasser |
A person who performs sexual activity for payment, especially a woman
A person who is perceived as engaging in sexual activity with many people.
A person who does, or offers to do, an activity for money, despite personal dislike or dishonour.
(usually reflexively) To perform sexual activity for money
To make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves.
* Bible, Leviticus xix. 29
(derogatory) To use one's talents in return for money or fame
(figuratively) To exploit for base purposes; to whore.
(Cork, slang) prostitute
* 1987 , (Roddy Doyle), (The Commitments) , King Farouk, Dublin:
* 1991 , (Roddy Doyle), , Secker & Warburg (ISBN: 0-436-20052-X):
* 2005 , Raymond Hickey, Dublin English: evolution and change , John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 138:
* 2006 , (w), Christine Falls , Picador, page 174:
* 2011 , Tony Black, Paying For It , page 167:
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As nouns the difference between prostitute and brasser
is that prostitute is a person who performs sexual activity for payment, especially a woman while brasser is (cork|slang) prostitute[http://booksgooglecom/books?id=5oto7lk5fmgc&pg=pa174&lpg=pa174&dq=brasser+whore&source=bl&ots=_ssg0nqf-9&sig=q_t1heo92vhotrfvvdfhjr3ef1u&hl=en&sa=x&ei=hrfat4o9kqsniakjk52jcw&ved=0cdkq6aewbq#v=onepage&q=brasser%20whore&f=false christine falls''] p 174, by (w) picador, 2006 isbn: 978-0-312-42632-3[http://booksgooglecom/books?id=ampoawl3kzcc&pg=pa138&lpg=pa138&dq=brasser+dublin&source=bl&ots=lsh9egguyj&sig=a1svsky6mptvivhf2nspay8fof4&hl=en&sa=x&ei=qjfzt8xhpigciakl_ysjcw&ved=0cfoq6aewca#v=onepage&q=brasser%20dublin&f=false ''dublin english: evolution and change''] p 138, by raymond hickey john benjamins publishing company, 2005 isbn: 90-272-4895-8[http://booksgooglecom/books?id=4yfseghljboc&pg=pa257&lpg=pa257&dq=roddy+doyle++brasser&source=bl&ots=7jrck1m25a&sig=u7wp6vcpfqis1wbvxl2hx_8leye&hl=en&sa=x&ei=ahpat8jniswpiql0rbiqcw&ved=0cdoq6aewaw#v=onepage&q=roddy%20doyle%20%20brasser&f=false ''the new partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional english ] p 257, tom dalzell and terry victor routledge, 2006 isbn: 0-415-25937-1.As a verb prostitute
is (usually reflexively) to perform sexual activity for money.prostitute
English
(wikipedia prostitute)Noun
(en noun)- I currently work as a prostitute in order to pay off my university debts .
Usage notes
* The noun is gender-neutral.Synonyms
* (person who performs sexual activity for payment) See also * (person perceived as engaging in sexual activity) See also , * (person who does an activity for money) sell outVerb
(prostitut)- Do not prostitute thy daughter.
- Yet again a commercial firm had prostituted a traditional song by setting an advertising jingle to its tune.
brasser
English
Noun
(en noun)Christine Falls''] p. 174, by (w). Picador, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-312-42632-3.[http://books.google.com/books?id=AmpOAwl3KzcC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=brasser+dublin&source=bl&ots=LsH9eGgUYJ&sig=A1SVskY6mPTVivHF2nsPAY8FOF4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QjFZT8XHPIGciAKL_YSJCw&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=brasser%20dublin&f=false ''Dublin English: evolution and change''] p. 138, by Raymond Hickey. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2005. ISBN: 90-272-4895-8.[http://books.google.com/books?id=4YfsEgHLjboC&pg=PA257&lpg=PA257&dq=roddy+doyle++brasser&source=bl&ots=7JRCK1m25a&sig=U7WP6VcpfQis1WbVxl2HX_8leyE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AhpaT8jnIsWpiQL0rbiqCw&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=roddy%20doyle%20%20brasser&f=false ''The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English p. 257, Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor. Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 0-415-25937-1.
- 1. The brassers , yeh know wha' I mean. The gee. Is tha' why?
- 2. Yeh know the way they're The Byrds an' Bird is another name for a girl, righ'? —Couldn't we be The Brassers ? It was a great name.
- Don't misunderstand me, compadre, he said. Not just women. All men are brassers as well.
- Among the devices in the word formation morphology of Dublin English the most striking and productive must be the addition of -er'' /-r/ (more rarely ''-ers'') to stems...Examples: ...''brasser 'prostitute, shameless female'...
- "Oh, and all the brassers' knew Dolly Moran," he said. Quirke nodded. ' Brassers were whores, he assumed, but how? Brass nails, rhyming with tails, or was it something to do with screws?
- "Sex workers? Jesus, even the brassers have gone PC," I said to the screen.
