It’s not unusual to hear “monger” misused to mean “buyer.” In fact a monger is a seller (e.g., the Bible refers to sellers of fish as fishmongers). Today the word has a negative connotation, which is why its modern use is pretty much limited to the likes of “warmonger,” “rumormonger,” and, as to the matter at hand, “whoremonger.” A hobbyist is not a whoremonger. That would be a pimp.
...I did look look it up once though because of it's use here by many as preferred term for hobbyist. I don't remember now which dictionary but one of the many definitions given was about purchasing not selling.
I'm charging you a per-use royalty on that word. My hooker math tells me that you now owe me at least 8 pennies. Or if you want a discount, you can just pay me a dime, and we'll call it even. You can also pay me a quarter and the word is yours for the night. I only ask that you refrain from using it more than three times. All of these options are more than fair, don't you agree?
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