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What does the term player mean and how did it originate?
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What does the term player mean and how did it originate? ex. He/She is a player?

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July 13 6:53 AM (1 day and 3 hours later)
         
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My friend is insisting the term player cannot refer to a women and I am trying to get him to see it does. he said it was coined in the ghetto by african americans and only refers to men. women are only refered to as ho's. Ho's he said was also started in the ghetto. any proof of what the terms really means. he likes proof? thank you
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here is a definition of this word as a slang term - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=player

A male who is skilled at manipulating ("playing") others, and especially at seducing women by pretending to care about them, when in reality they are only interested in sex. Possibly derived from the phrases "play him for a fool", or "play him like a violin". The term was popularized by hip-hop culture, but was commonly recognized among urban American blacks by the 1970s.

A certain class of low-rent, slack-jawed f**kups has decided that backstabbing and misogyny are totally radical, so the word is sometimes used as a compliment or term of endearment between male friends, as in the greeting "what's up, player?".

So, your friend seems as correct, however some interpretations point (see the link above) that the term may refer to a women in some limited maner.

The word ho slang meaning is Prostitute, Whore, Hooker, Tramp, Slut. It seems as originated from shorthand for the word whore. - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ho



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