# I need a futuristic word for Prostitute/courtesan

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/101 "2006-04-07T15:32:00Z")

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> [@yingtongtiddleipo](#):
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> But in the future there may well be no romance!! There may only be ££Inamorata$$…
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> he he he

Come to think of it my porn involves no romance in the future either. ☹ And yet I’m such a romantic 😃 .

Perhaps he (the OP) should consider involving $$$$ or errrr…I used to know how to get the pound sign up. Actually I used to have a keyboard WITH a pound sign. Bloody Americans.

Anyway maybe he should include symbols of some kind…seems to be a computer trend. Something like (ech) leetspeak.

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/102 "2006-04-07T18:11:28Z")

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> [@yingtongtiddleipo](#):
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> inamorato/inamorata?
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> Def; A man/woman with whom one has an intimate relationship

Hey, good suggestion. :smack:

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**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 7, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/103 "2006-04-07T23:54:54Z")

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sexmonger  
rentbody  
pillowgirl  
bedwarmer  
skinvendor

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**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-futuristic-word-for-prostitute-courtesan/351284/104 "2006-04-09T02:11:30Z")

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> [@betenoir](#):
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> I read a sci fi book at some point, I can’t remember the name (though I’m sure someone will be along to tell me 🙂 ) where in some future dystopia they had woman who, when they needed money, whould go to brothels and, by some electronic process be rendered…well active but senseless. And they would do anything the “client” wanted. But not remeber their humiliating experiences.
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> Hence meat puppets.

[It’s a William Gibson creation.](http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1350480)

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