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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

bold, foward girl/woman

English answer:

Tart

Added to glossary by Anna Maria Augustine (X)
Sep 1, 2005 18:58
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English term

bold, foward girl/woman

English Art/Literary Slang slang, cant, jargon and terminology
I need a list of Old English, Middle English and British English, and British Archaisms and colloquialisms and British slang terms for a bold, foward girl/woman, including British slang from the 20 century to the present.
Responses
4 Tart
4 +1 trollop, strumpet
5 brazen
3 fishwife
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Discussion

Ivana UK Sep 20, 2005:
Wjat about "brazen hussy"? That's certainly British, still in use today though a little old=fashioned and definitely means a bold, forward girl (primarily in the sexual sense)
Ivana UK Sep 20, 2005:
Yep - it's middle English - see http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=mal... Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from mal- + apert open, frank -- more at PERT
: impudently bold : SAUCY

- mal·a·pert·ness noun
Mavericker (X) (asker) Sep 19, 2005:
I've seen malapert in Old English-but as I said, is it British? What about "Saucebox"?
Charlie Bavington, The OED 2nd edition says "hoyden" is a bold assertive girl/woman. WHat other synonyms are there?
MOre specifically, I also need BRitish English synonyms for a "pert or saucy girl/woman".
Mavericker (X) (asker) Sep 14, 2005:
Charlie, "tart" in the World Book Dictionary meant a "woman of loose morals". I thought tart had more than one meaning.
I'm looking for British dialect/slang synonyms that mean "a bold, assertive woman".
Are "Malapert" and "Saucebox" British terms?
Charlie Bavington Sep 14, 2005:
I'd already told you that the first 2 (which included tart) meant sexually promiscuous.
Mavericker (X) (asker) Sep 14, 2005:
Response to Charlie Bavington's post I made an error-I picked "tart" because I wasn't sure about the other two answers.
Charlie Bavington Sep 12, 2005:
Which makes me wonder why you've selected an answer that is synonymous with whore or slag. It's worth noting that, as Ivana has written, *adjectives* abound (which would need a further noun), but *nouns* which alone encapsulate "assertive female" are few.
Non-ProZ.com Sep 12, 2005:
Charlie Bavington, I meant foward in the sense of assertive.
Anna Maria Augustine (X) Sep 12, 2005:
Thanks Mavericker!
Refugio Sep 4, 2005:
What exactly are you writing? You have been asking questions along these lines for quite some time now. Is it a research paper on misogynism? Because that does seem to be the underlying theme.
Charlie Bavington Sep 2, 2005:
Agree with David. And be careful. I interpreted your question as "forward" in the sense of self-assertive; the 2 answers so far have both interpreted it as "sexually promiscuous". For which many terms exist. Depends what you want.
David Sirett Sep 1, 2005:
Looks like the sort of thing you should pay a professional English-language linguist/etymologist to do--or at least search the Oxford English Dictionary to get you started.

Responses

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Tart

Tart

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A brazen hussy.


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Peer comment(s):
neutral Refugio : Although Mavericker says he means assertive, he has picked an answer that means sexually promiscuous or who sells her favors for money.
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+1
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trollop, strumpet

Have to agree with David here. Strictly speaking, this is not a translation question, but an etymological one. Anyhoo, hope the terms I have suggested can start you off.
Peer comment(s):
agree jennifer newsome (X)
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brazen

impudent, shameless, impertinent, bold, brassy, defiant, unabashed, saucy, barefaced, insolent, malapert, brazen-faced

The list is practically endless!!
Reference:

http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=brazen&goquery=Find+it!&Language=ENG

Peer comment(s):
neutral Charlie Bavington : but are all adjectives, which need a further noun for a female to complete them..... Still, I don't think the Asker really knows what he/she wants, so you've done a good job otherwise. And "malapert" deserves a prize :-)
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fishwife

A fishwife is certainly assertive.

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harridan, shrew (cf. Shakespeare)

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termagant
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