sloot

A variant of "slut," meaning a promiscuous female, possibly practicing unnatural sex, or gay male. "Sloot" refers to the female variety, however. (The practice of unnatural sex, without a display of promiscuity, is not sufficient to merit a description as either a "slut" or a "sloot." See, e.g., "freak.") Origins: The word "slut" is typically used to condemn the object of the description for her promiscuity and possibly unnatural sex. A straight male who describes a female as a "slut" is typically either disgusted by or otherwise angry at the object of the description. The word "sloot" is more sympathetic and merely identifies promiscuity in a female in a nongraphic, albeit dimunitive, fashion that often conveys interest in or amusement by the object of the description. It can also be used playfully as an exaggeration of a well-liked female in or out of her presence