Talk:sleazemonger

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sleazemonger

Rfv-sense: peddler of sleaze. Given our definitions of sleaze, what does this person peddle? --Hekaheka (talk) 22:23, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

I'd say sense 4 of sleaze. —Angr 22:52, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

And the sense 3 of peddle, which brings the definition pre-e-e-tty close to sense #1. --Hekaheka (talk) 03:47, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

But the cites show that literal selling (sense 1 of peddle) is intended. —Angr 10:43, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

I don't think so. In the first quote the expression "sex-obsessed sleazemonger" gives no hint of the kind of sleaze nor the kind of peddling, if any, involved. In the second and third cites the expressions "sleazemongers at Fox" and "tabloid sleazemonger" would rather seem to be examples of the definition #1: "one who maliciously spreads disgraceful information". --Hekaheka (talk) 20:12, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Not the kind of sleaze, no, but in at least the first two quotes I think it's clear the person being referred to as a sleazemonger is literally selling something, and it's an easy assumption in the third quote. Honoroff's wife clearly "does pictures" for someone who's selling them; Fox News would be paying big money in order to earn even bigger money by selling sleaze. The third quote doesn't have enough context to be sure, but the modifier "tabloid" rather suggests that making money is the motivation. —Angr 21:14, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

All right, as you explain it, but don't you agree that the definition could be clearer? A good definition does not raise more questions than it answers. --Hekaheka (talk) 04:57, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Passed. It has the cites; RFD it to dispute them. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 18:17, 19 September 2013 (UTC)