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mercury2 User ID: 433548 France 01/26/2009 05:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Because in the Civil War, General Hooker and his troops were stationed in Washington DC to guard it, and there wasn't anything going on, except to drink and go with the bad girls. The women who were there to do business with the soldiers were called General Hooker's Girls, Hooker's Girls, then hookers. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 600753 United States 01/26/2009 05:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Because in the Civil War, General Hooker and his troops were stationed in Washington DC to guard it, and there wasn't anything going on, except to drink and go with the bad girls. The women who were there to do business with the soldiers were called General Hooker's Girls, Hooker's Girls, then hookers. Quoting: mercury2ding ding ding |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 373696 United States 01/26/2009 05:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Got the name during the American civil war. General Hooker's camp followers. Quoting: mercury2Google it. Well, technically you beat me, but our post times were the same :-) Glad someone knows these important facts! lol That's why I kept it short, I expected 10 naswers in the 1st minute. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 597142 United States 01/26/2009 05:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you fuckin losers why not just quote urbandictionary when thats where you got it from instead of putting it in your own words to make yourself look smart when your really a dumb fuck Quoting: Anonymous Coward 596830Hooker has been a word since 1592. A stupid fuck thinks the term started during the Civil War. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 373696 United States 01/26/2009 05:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you fuckin losers why not just quote urbandictionary when thats where you got it from instead of putting it in your own words to make yourself look smart when your really a dumb fuck Quoting: Anonymous Coward 596830Don't need urban dictionary for common knowledge. Asshat! |
mercury2 User ID: 433548 France 01/26/2009 05:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you fuckin losers why not just quote urbandictionary when thats where you got it from instead of putting it in your own words to make yourself look smart when your really a dumb fuck Quoting: Anonymous Coward 596830Right, "urbandictionary", whatever that is, is that where you go when people use big words around you? Lowbrow. |
mercury2 User ID: 433548 France 01/26/2009 05:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Got the name during the American civil war. General Hooker's camp followers. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 373696Google it. Well, technically you beat me, but our post times were the same :-) Glad someone knows these important facts! lol That's why I kept it short, I expected 10 naswers in the 1st minute. You're good at this! |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 548848 United States 01/26/2009 05:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "prostitute," often traced to the disreputable morals of the Army of the Potomac (American Civil War) under the tenure of Gen. "Fighting Joe" Hooker (1863), and the word probably was popularized by this association at that time. But it is said to have been in use in North Carolina c.1845 ("If he comes by way of Norfolk he will find any number of pretty Hookers in the Brick row not far from French's hotel."). One theory traces it to Corlear's Hook, a disreputable section of New York City. Perhaps related to hooker "thief, pickpocket" (1567), but most likely an allusion to prostitutes hooking or snaring clients. Hook in the figurative sense of "that by which anyone is attracted or caught" is recorded from 1430; and hook (v.) in the figurative sense of "catch hold of and draw in" is attested from 1577; in reference to "fishing" for a husband or a wife, it was in common use from c.1800. All of which makes the modern sense seem a natural step. The family name Hooker (attested from c.975 C.E.) would mean "maker of hooks," or else refer to an agricultural laborer who used a hook (cf. O.E. weodhoc "weed-hook"). hook O.E. hoc, perhaps related to O.E. haca "bolt," from P.Gmc. *khokaz/*khakan- (cf. Du. haak, Ger. Haken "hook"), from PIE *keg- "bent object" (cf. Rus. kogot "claw"). For spelling, see hood. Boxing sense of "short, swinging blow with the elbow bent" is from 1898. Fig. sense was in M.E. (see hooker); hooked "addicted" is from 1925, originally in ref. to narcotics. By hook or by crook (c.1380) probably alludes to tools of professional thieves. Hook, line, and sinker "completely" is 1838, a metaphor from angling. [link to www.etymonline.com] |
The Psychedelic Magi User ID: 585999 United States 01/26/2009 05:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you fuckin losers why not just quote urbandictionary when thats where you got it from instead of putting it in your own words to make yourself look smart when your really a dumb fuck Quoting: Anonymous Coward 596830let me guess... you had just gone to urbandictionary to find out. And you're calling them dumb fucks? I WILL NOT let consequences dictate my course of action! A.K.A - Aresh, Awakened Me, An Ominous Coward (Howard), The Goddess Pandora, Aumon Haht Fith Ashai, Within The Flower and a few others... ------------------------------------ In all things, i am flowing back thru and in and out, within and without and beyond them. This is the Cosm. This is both I and You. I am the Truth, and I am the Lie - I am the very spark of the Divine! ------------------ as soon as you even go near these things your ego knows what it is.. its all like "what ya gonna do with that?" "Hope you not gonna take it" "cause i will throw myself down on the floor and scratch, claw and bite and tantrum" - Kyuubi "the gift of love makes much more sense than frankincense gold and myrhh" - Only Me |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 498734 New Zealand 01/26/2009 05:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There are two common theories about the origin of the word "hooker": 1)it's a slang term derived from the word "ho", which was originally used by early east coast settlers to describe prostitutes 2)it is originally evolved from a cajun dialectical variance of the word "hooters" |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 600826 United States 01/26/2009 05:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There is a popular legend that the slang term for prostitutes is derived from his last name because of parties and a lack of military discipline at his headquarters. Some versions of the legend claim that the band of prostitutes that followed his division were derisively referred to as "General Hooker's Army" or "Hooker's Brigade." However, the term "hooker" was used in print as early as 1845, years before Hooker was a public figure. The prevalence of the Hooker legend may have been at least partly responsible for the popularity of the term. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 596830 United States 01/26/2009 06:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you fuckin losers why not just quote urbandictionary when thats where you got it from instead of putting it in your own words to make yourself look smart when your really a dumb fuck Quoting: The Psychedelic Magilet me guess... you had just gone to urbandictionary to find out. And you're calling them dumb fucks? knowing some bullshit trivia like "what does hooker mean?" is pointless. and the people who reply thinking theyre righteous for helping out is even more pointless. WHO GIVES A FUCK |
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The Psychedelic Magi User ID: 585999 United States 01/26/2009 06:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | knowing some bullshit trivia like "what does hooker mean?" is pointless. and the people who reply thinking theyre righteous for helping out is even more pointless. WHO GIVES A FUCK Quoting: Anonymous Coward 596830Alright, now there is a reasonable response... Why the fuck did you wait until now for it, instead of using it as your first reply? (btw, yes, i'm in asshole troll mode) I WILL NOT let consequences dictate my course of action! A.K.A - Aresh, Awakened Me, An Ominous Coward (Howard), The Goddess Pandora, Aumon Haht Fith Ashai, Within The Flower and a few others... ------------------------------------ In all things, i am flowing back thru and in and out, within and without and beyond them. This is the Cosm. This is both I and You. I am the Truth, and I am the Lie - I am the very spark of the Divine! ------------------ as soon as you even go near these things your ego knows what it is.. its all like "what ya gonna do with that?" "Hope you not gonna take it" "cause i will throw myself down on the floor and scratch, claw and bite and tantrum" - Kyuubi "the gift of love makes much more sense than frankincense gold and myrhh" - Only Me |