and just WHEN did the short slang word for 'whore' become the accepted one? I simply will not curtail my use of ANY perfectly good word...like 'gay'...simply because one group uses it for another purpose. I have VERY little occasion to use 'niggardly', but I will if it arises.

Perhaps I ought to start a campaign to explain to the media where 'funky' came from....*sly grin*