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Puta vs Putz - What's the difference?

puta | putz |

As nouns the difference between puta and putz

is that puta is a prostitute, whore, slut, bitch while putz is fool, idiot.

As a verb putz is

waste time.

puta

English

Noun

(-)
  • (vulgar, chiefly, US Hispanic) A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch.
  • * {{quote-news, 1988, February 12, Lawrence Bommer, Extremeties/Talking With . . ., Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Mastrosimone's (antiheroine?) Marjorie lets in a man who quickly drops the small talk, slams her to the floor, and almost smothers her with a pillow as he commands her to say "thank you," "I love you," and "I am your puta .}}
  • * {{quote-book, 2005, Eric Bogosian, Wasted Beauty citation
    • , passage=And we told you, man, we have not seen your puta sister.}}

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    putz

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , modern German putzen.

    Noun

    (es)
  • (slang) fool, idiot
  • (slang) jerk
  • (slang) penis
    • Derived terms
    * putzhead, putz-head, putz head

    Verb

    (es)
  • (slang) waste time
    • Stop putzing around.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) putz; compare archaic German . Compare the above.

    Alternative forms

    * Putz

    Noun

    (es)
  • A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree.
  • * 1995 , Joe L. Wheeler, Christmas in My Heart , Book 4, pages 12-13:
    • The American custom of erecting a putz' seems to have originated with the Moravians but the custom long ago spread to non-Moravian households. Essentially, the ' putz is a landscape, built on the floor or on a table or portable platform.
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