I never knew the Harlot Table existed before the EnWorld thread. Slovenly Trull is one of the funniest things I have ever read. It's even funnier because as far as I can tell there's no such slang term as trull, (but there probably should be).
My Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Group has just reached Marienburg and if anyone doesn't think they are going to meet a slovenly trull in the next session, well they just haven't been paying attention.
I am actually factually, literally, crying with laughter over the harlot table. The follow up with saucy tart...it's so ridiculous.
Moved from another thread. But this brings up something thats not discussed enough really. The fact that alot of terms that seem made up, turn out to be actual real terms used once or even in some rare cases still used.
Trull = prosititute.
Strumpet = woman who is very sexually active.
Trollop = woman who is very sexually active.
Tart = woman who is very sexually active.
Wench = attractive girl
Doxy = a mistress.
Procuress = essentially a female procurer. In this case could mean brothel owner?
Several of these have over time also been used mean a prostitute. Even wench and tart and strumpet.
Bemusingly my grandmother would call some women floozies.
Tramp was another one used way back.
For men heard words like lothario, and cassanova used to be used quite a bit.
On the non-sexual side there are terms like cobbler for shoe repair people. Tinker for utensil repair people. Straw boss for an ineffectual boss. Raconteur (or Recounter as I've heard it) for a storyteller, and so on.
And this does not even get into local slang or local terms for things. My aunt used the term holler to refer to a swampy valley nearby where she grew up for example.
Anyone else have old or local terms for people, vocations or locations like that?