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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
Gotcha - is it usually used more to describe a group, or an individual? I am quite sincere when I say I started this thread to gauge whether or not I was completely off-base with my reaction, and later to figure out how the "young uns" were using it.
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I realize that you really want to hear from Mandy, but I'll share how I've heard the "young uns" use it.
The context that I've seen or heard it included young women teasing each other about being one, a gay guy*, whose entire social universe at the time was women, teasing his friend about becoming one if she went through rush, and then girls, who might not even be Greek, using it to describe articles of clothing or accessories: "I can't find my sorostitute sunglasses" etc.
I've also seen or read non-Greeks use it in the derogatory sense the Cal column covers but never in a terrible-all-inclusive-of-Greek-women way. It covers a certain category of young women in their minds, like the use on overheardinathens.
I've read fraternity guys use it to refer to groups of young women that they thought were hot. It seemed to be used to cover both girls they thought might be "easy" and girls that they respected enough to actually want to have relationships with.
I am in no way trying to say that my experience is definitive usage of the term.
*I mention this guy's sexual orientation simply to establish that there were limits to the kind of control he was interested in having on his friend. He wasn't trying to limit her social options to maximize his chance at a sexual relationship. He was pretty much just kidding her like a girl friend might.