Citations:proselytute

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Noun: "(slang, derogatory) a person given to excessive religious proselytizing"[edit]

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  • 1995 March 27, The Answer is to Question [username], “Re: PURGATORY: PART I”, in alt.religion.christian[1] (Usenet):
    I've heard from a number of Christian proselytutes that if what they're saying hurts me, then it must be because i was involved with a group that twisted the bible and "wasn't *really* Christian," and that i should listen to them & their version because *they* have it *right*.
  • 1997 April 3, David Aronson, “Re: Was :"..on the Cyberpromo break-in"”, in news.admin.net-abuse.misc[2] (Usenet):
    I've in fact been getting that REPEATEDLY... this proselytute seems to follow the standard UCE tactics of getting an account anywhere he can, UCEing from it, and then just walking away, to do it all over again elsewhere.
  • 1999 October 2, John C. Randolph, “Re: Firewalking and Sharks”, in alt.paranet.science[3] (Usenet):
    Frankly, I think that evangelism is a profoundly obnoxious activity, particularly when proselytutes claim that they are morally superior to those who do not share their delusions.
  • 1999 November 20, Delia Morgan, “Re: Message of Love?”, in alt.meditation.transcendental[4] (Usenet):
    Dear ONEWAYTOGOD Christian evangelist/proselytute:
  • 2000 February 3, Legion__1 [username], “Re: Meditation”, in alt.meditation.transcendental[5] (Usenet):
    She pretends she is merely providing information when she is actually a full time proselytute. She has repeatedly posted chapter and verse about the bush-huggers, unbidden. If Jehovah Witnesses leave their pamphlets in the mailbox, then they are providing information. If they won't get off the porch, then they are proselytizing.
  • 2001 May 30, Delia, “Re: An enlightened TM adept?”, in alt.meditation.transcendental[6] (Usenet):
    Hey, that's nothing; you should see the stuff I hurled at the Buddhist proselytute formerly known as Dhamma Dog.
  • 2007 February 25, ~xy~ [username], “Re: What a subject!”, in alt.drugs.psychedelics[7] (Usenet):
    > Judging from the content, they come from a Sunni (that is only a guess
    > based on the selected Quran qoutes) muslim, probably a non-arab,
    > interested in prostelytising on the internet.
    So, just another online proselytute then?