# I need a futuristic word for Prostitute/courtesan **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284 "2006-04-04T17:26:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/41 "2006-04-04T19:41:08Z")
I think Heinlen used the term “Slot Machine” for robo-whores. ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/42 "2006-04-04T19:41:36Z")
> [@Mouse\_Maven](#): > > Oh! Oh! I got another one: > > **Organism Donor**. :smack: :smack: I meant Orgasm Donor. I need to get out of the lab more. . . ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/43 "2006-04-04T19:55:43Z")
Spacewalker. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/44 "2006-04-04T19:56:28Z")
Orgasminator Beaver-Bot ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/45 "2006-04-04T20:00:21Z")
Interstellwhore? Too long… Bedfellow if you’re a male hooker. A crude name for a hook(quette?) could be a “spreader”. A lucklady? You know, you’re just gonna get lucky? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/46 "2006-04-04T20:02:05Z")
[Austin]She’s like the village hoverplatform, baby…[/Austin] ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/47 "2006-04-04T20:44:42Z")
Joy-girl Neo-geisha Sexeteer Servicer ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/48 "2006-04-04T20:49:13Z")
> [@Mouse\_Maven](#): > > Latin for postitute is _meretrix_. Its fun because its similar to dominitrix. Meretrician. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/49 "2006-04-04T20:59:33Z")
“Woman of Negotiable Virtue”. Although Pratchett will probably be miffed if you use it. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/50 "2006-04-04T21:11:06Z")
Orgasmanaut Lucky sucky friend. Rent body Happy happy time girl Hentaika Corporate relaxation manager Stress relief specialis Executive toy Furnature \<-- from Soylent Green ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/51 "2006-04-04T21:17:33Z")
For a female hooker: MulLevidensis For a male hooker: VirLevidensis ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/52 "2006-04-04T21:35:25Z")
Asstronaut. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/53 "2006-04-04T21:35:45Z")
Some other innocuous words that may conceivably shift its meaning: _Maid Nurse Maiden Entertainer Counselor Belle Lover_ It’s also possible that a particular feminine name becomes a generic term for prostitute, not unlike what happened to _Lolita_ and _Don Juan_. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/54 "2006-04-04T21:41:33Z")
> [@Mouse\_Maven](#): > > :smack: :smack: > > I meant Orgasm Donor. > > I need to get out of the lab more. . . It would work for a male hooker… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/55 "2006-04-04T23:31:14Z")
Pleasurist. Pleasuress. Astronauty. Roboho. Freud Droid. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/56 "2006-04-04T23:39:22Z")
Pleasure GELF (Geneticaly Engineered Life Form) Tralk (from Farscape, most commonly used to refer to Chiana’s…“affectionate” nature 😉 ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/57 "2006-04-05T00:00:54Z")
Hmmm…how about, make up a name completely, and introduce it through context, not explaining it at all. Or take a current word/name, and do it the same way. For example: Mary was a good _rewo_; expensive, but she was good in bed and she listened well. or Mary was a good _bob_; expensive, but she was good in bed and she listened well. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/58 "2006-04-05T00:16:24Z")
In Heinlein’s _Time Enough for Love,_ the people of Tellus Secundus had revived the old Greek word “hetaira” for a high-class courtesan (such as Tamara). ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/59 "2006-04-05T00:28:37Z")
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this one before. :smack: The cybernetic sex workers are known as the _Whorg!_ They give a whole new meaning to **ass** imilation. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/60 "2006-04-05T01:58:30Z")
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