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General Category => Words => Topic started by: les303 on September 09, 2020, 04:00:38 PM
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I am used to getting plenty of knock backs but to be totally rejected by callgirl was just a little bit rude.
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I tried it too, but maybe it's two words: call girl.
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to be totally rejected by callgirl was just a little bit rude.
Maybe she thought you'd lost all your money on the ponies. >:D
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I tried it too, but maybe it's two words: call girl.
G'day Rose, great to hear from you & thanks for your feedback.
Alan will be pleased to hear that i actually did check before i posted & call girl is listed in my Macquarie as one word.
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Maybe she thought you'd lost all your money on the ponies. >:D
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I can assure you Jack that my line of credit is not just good with the bookies.
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This expression seems to be mainly written as call girl, and sometimes as call-girl. But, as you say, Les, the Macquarie has it as callgirl. And Wiktionary gives the single-word version as an alternative spelling.
The one-word version is sometimes used in publications, such as the 2004 book Callgirl: Confessions of a Double Life, by Jeannette Angell. Or in this 2011 rant by David Thomas in the Daily Mail:
But to earn respect one must first look like someone who deserves it. This isn't just an issue for teachers. It applies across the board, from doctors in jeans to policemen in baseball caps; from vicars who dress like tramps to newsreaders who dress like callgirls. Britain has become a shabby, demoralized nation. It's time to smarten up.
Callgirl will be allowed from now on, as a rare word.
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Thanks for the call Alan