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swore | slore |

As a verb swore

is (swear).

As a noun slore is

(internet slang|derogatory) an extremely promiscuous female or male.

swore

English

Verb

(head)
  • (swear)

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    swear

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sweren, swerien, from (etyl) through Proto-Indo-European.

    Verb

  • To take an oath.
  • *
  • *:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
  • (lb) To use offensive language.
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    Usage notes
    * In sense 1, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See
    Synonyms
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    Derived terms
    * swear by * swear like a trooper * swear on a stack of Bibles * swear out * swear to God * swear word

    Etymology 2

    From the above verb, or from (etyl) sware, from (etyl) swaru, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A swearword.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) swer, swar, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Heavy.
  • Top-heavy; too high.
  • Dull; heavy; lazy; slow; reluctant; unwilling.
  • Niggardly.
  • A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be lazy; rest for a short while during working hours.

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    * English irregular verbs English reporting verbs

    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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