Hookers, funny name, funny job.

Hookers, funny name, funny job.

Many ascribe an eponymous origin to this term, meaning prostitute. General "Fighting Joe" Hooker may have been many things, but he did not lend his name to the oldest profession. Hooker commanded the Army of the Potomac for five months in 1863. His men were a rowdy bunch and his headquarters was a den of iniquity. Charles Francis Adams, Jr., grandson of John Quincy Adams and great-grandson of John Adams, said Hooker's headquarters was: “a place where no self-respecting man liked to go, and no decent woman could go. It was a combination of barroom and brothel.”

Bartlett, in his 1859 work, speculates that the term originates from Corlear's Hook, a disreputable section of New York City, but most modern sources discount this as unlikely for lack of evidence.

Hooker is also British slang for a thief. A prostitute's penchant for supplementing her income with little thievery on the sly could have led to the common usage of the term.

Hooker is also slang for an old boat (from the Dutch hoecker-schip, or fishing boat). It could have gone the way of tramp, as in tramp steamer.

The most probable explanation is that a prostitute is one that hooks or snares clients.

But we should not let old Fighting Joe completely off the hook, as it were. Civil War historian Bruce Catton writes:
[Although] the term 'hooker' did not originate during the Civil War, it certainly became popular then. During these war years, Washington developed a large [red-light district] somewhere south of Constitution Avenue. This became known as Hooker's Division in tribute to the proclivities of General Joseph Hooker and the name has stuck ever since.

http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorh.htm

If it is as “they” say; The Oldest Profession”, the term is newer than the profession...

Have you ever paid for it?

Let's be honest here, we're all men of the world.

There's no such thing as a free fuck.

Some wise man once said “If it flies, floats or fucks, rent it, don't buy it.”

Not that there's anything wrong with consensual sex without the exchange of money, but that's not what we're talking about today.

Hookers are good. I was always surprised that some women could actually do this job...

But NEVER call them Hookers!

You'll never actually meet a prostitute unless you're horny and hanging out bad, drunk late at night when the bad decisions are made.

Prostitutes don't seem to exist during waking hours, they only come out after dark.

I've never met a prostitute during the day.

I met a woman who “worked at a brothel but only answered the phone”.

She was married to a bloke I know.

I didn't have the heart to tell him...

But I have met prostitutes at night, when I was hanging out bad, lonely and drunk. (We've all been there). And I have met them in Thailand when I was partying hanging out horney and drunk!

They can't cure loneliness, they have no magic powers in this area. They can cure horniness (if you're not too drunk to get it up)

What you want is a prostitute who does it because she's a slut. She likes fucking and this is a way for her to make fucking a career.

I have met prostitutes who like to fuck. I have been lucky in that regard. I would say that maybe 10% of the time you'll actually feel better after the call than before. That means 90% of the time you'll feel worse after they visit.

If you are drunk and lonely, don't call a prostitute. They're just going to take your money and leave you feeling lonelier than before.

And guys, women hate prostitution. There is a trap question in every relationship. She'll ask if you have ever been with a prostitute. There is no point being honest here, it doesn't serve any purpose and no good will come of an honest answer.

Sometimes you have to lie to love. Look her in the eye, shake your head and smile as you say one word and one word only: “No”. Pause before you answer, as a reflexively quick answer is perceived as a lie.

Never say “I swear on my mother's grave”, that's a lie too.

I heard a story from a guy who went to Vegas and the group was accosted by a prostitute in the bar.

When questioned as to her occupation, she apparently stated that “She likes to “hang out”” and that “she likes to party”. When repeatedly questioned as to her occupation, she said the same things.

So one of the guys said, “so if you don't work AND you like to hang out and party, would you be a prostitute?” At this, the woman became very upset and denied that she was what she obviously was (namely a prostitute).

It seems that even prostitutes don't like to be called prostitutes...

And when you talk to them,like strippers, they're all students.

I went to University, I NEVER saw any hooker/stripper students!

Just as long as they give me a decent happy ending to a deep tissue massage, they can be whatever they want to be.