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NEWSPEAK: "Sexually active" ORIGINAL MEANING: ? NEW MEANING: Promiscuous Promiscuous is too judgmental. We wouldn’t want to imply that there’s anything wrong with a woman or man who has multiple “partners” (euphemism) in the same week.Thus, those who are busy sexually, are “active” – as opposed to slutty, horny, licentious or wanton. Note the term is never applied to married couples (who, apparently, are inert in the bedroom). It’s only the unmarried – who used to be expected to keep their fly zipped or their legs crossed – to whom the exculpatory phrase is applied.
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