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by tgrass 4798 days ago
"Whore" is inappropriate.
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"Karma/Vote whoring" is a pretty common term for someone who is doing something immoral/dumb just to get upvotes.
@ntumlin: when the issue is explicitly gender based and is referring to "using one's girlfriend"...there is a great deal of baggage that comes with the word whether the writer intends it or not.