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It used to mean a woman who has sex with lots of people, and it was derogatory. You'd call a woman a slut to shame her, because old people hated sex.
But that's not polite in my book...
It used to be. Politeness is a social construct and changes over time. I could name all sorts of horrible things that used to be polite. And even today it's polite to casually talk about paying for a dead body to be cooked at a restaurant.
It's never been polite. Not sure what you mean.
I miss the old times. Not because of horrible things that are normalized now, but because we had believable bait back then
The fuck are you talking about? It was always used as an insult. Just because more people were willing to call people slits doesn't mean it was actually acceptable in actual polite company.
What horrible thing used to be polite? Kindly telling someone they're a slut?
(honest question, by the way)
And what do you think it means now?
You aren't making any sense here. It's still not good to call someone that unless it's a friend or whoever that understands it's joking or if it's involving a kink both adults share in.