Presstitute – “journalist” who will perform for cash. One of those clever terms that is now a little problematic, given that using the term “prostitute” as an insult reveals misogyny/puritanism [where’s the contempt for the pimps, or the system that makes selling your body the least worst option?]
This is part of the “What are words for?” project.
This word scored a six on a three part scale of allusiveness, political oomph and cultural capital (min score 1, max score 3 for each part of the scale). Lots of words did. This is one I clawed from the slushpile on a whim.
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