her "man-whoores"

Not at all!

Fun fella who enjoy's a good time.

And I understand what you are saying but I am sorry, I cant call any of these ladies ho's.  I see ho's walking the street and its all about getting off.  These ladies provide much much much more.  Companionship at the minimum and sometimes counseling,  comfort, and friendship.

and would not want it used to describe me. It may be a word to describe a woman who exchanges sex for money but in my book it is the most degrading word in the English language. Now since I find it a very offensive word how could I think this word describes any gentleman I see.

Kisses Haley

i agree with haley..that is why i posted the thread..people have different reactions to words..harlot..prostitute..escort..sound better than whore..people have negative reactions to certain words no matter how they are used..i just love the english language..

Speaking for myself,

I don't know any whores.

Maybe my own rationalization and self justification but I am spending my time with woman who are companions, escorts or courtesans and not whores and prostitutes.

I just want to say that I have been n the hobby (which I might add I don't like to call it the hobby but for lack of other words.) for almost 2 years and have met some very respectful nice beautiful ladies. i have met a few that were borderline ladies but thats the way with the world. I don't have a count of how many woemen I have met that are not providers and are certainly not ladies in my book. I mean people use the word whore not only for escorts or providers but also just for a woman who they deem to be promiscuous. Anyway, I think its BS.

as one who consorts with whores. So if you want to use the old meaning of the word whore, ie. prostitute which means the ladies get paid for sex, then yes a hobbyist is a whoremonger. However these words are thrown around as insults. I don't consider these ladies whores. I don't consider myself a whoremonger. There are those that say it's just word play but we are all aware of the connotative meanings that words can have. I don't think the connotation of the word whore is applicable. There are other words that also fall into this category but since you only mentioned whoremonger I'll stop here.

most emphatically NO NO NO NO NO ;-) ;-)

Red for emphasis. It is an annoying misusage but not enough to get me really angry. It is a slang misusage.

1) A ____monger is someone who sells ____.

A fishmonger SELLS fish, and DOES NOT BUY fish. Same for an ironmonger. Steve Jobs was a computermonger.

or

2) A ____monger unworthily promotes something: warmonger, scaremonger, gossip monger.

Mongers are SUPPLY side not DEMAND side.

When you use the language of our critics, you just play into their agenda and stereotypes..

I don't care what the dictionary says, we can either act like the stereotypes perpetuated by the media and politicians, or we can act like people who know better.

I prefer the later, which is why I try not to use any of the common terminology which is intended to insult or demean prostitutes and the men who see them.