Taxonomy vs Whorey - What's the difference?
taxonomy | whorey |
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
(vulgar, derogatory) Slutty, promiscuous.
* 1974 , The New York times book review (volume 2)
* 2011 , Cris Mazza, Various Men Who Knew Us as Girls (page 161)
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As an adjective whorey is
slutty, promiscuous.taxonomy
English
(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee also
* classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontologywhorey
English
Adjective
(er)- The pity is that she didn't get more of the entertaining roles that were in her range; she hardly had the stability to play a mother or even a secretary and she was a shade too whorey for Daisy Miller or her descendants
- After I told her, I stayed, as the chorus girls and the all-girl band applied their heavy whorey make-up, and watched the boy who played the MC get his face created.
- That is a very whorey , showy dress, Sara.