• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

What do you think of the word 'wench'?

T

TitanDiddly

Guest
I think it's a largely antiquited word that's okay to use as a fairly-innocent exclaimation.
Example:
"Wenches! Where is my wallet!?!"
Or
"Shut up wench, or I'll make a thread in ATOT about you."

I wouldn't use it around little kids or figures of authority, but I don't think of it as particularly offensive.

Dictionary.com says:
1. A young woman or girl, especially a peasant girl.
2. A woman servant.
3. A wanton woman.

intr.v. wenched, wench·ing, wench·es

To consort or engage in sex with wanton women. Used of a man.

Some think of 'wench' as equal to 'ho' or 'prostitute', and offensive. What's your take on 'wench'?

 
I think of Stanley and Craftsman tools. The real question is: metric or SAE?

Seriously, people don't use that word anymore. It fell out of fashion a few centuries ago.
 
Originally posted by: zephyrprime
I think of Stanley and Craftsman tools. The real question is: metric or SAE?

Seriously, people don't use that word anymore. It fell out of fashion a few centuries ago.
Click to expand...

SAE.
 
I use that word often. Probably half a dozen times per month. It has not gone "out of fashion" or anything like that.

It 's a very descriptive word:

When in a bar: "Tom, where's the serving wench? I want another beer! BEER WENCH! Come here!"

When in a restaurant: "Jill, where's the serving wench? I'm ready to order."

When joking w/the GF: "Wench, get thy ass over here...I lust for thee!!!"

When talking about some sluttily-dressed woman you don't know: "Look at the rack on that wench...she'd make a fine concubine!!!"

See? It's all in the vocabulary.
 
I heard a guy try to use that word in the workplace.....he was being an asshole and it was very inappropriate and not funny. It didn't go over very well for him.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top