Since at least 1450, the word slut has been used, often pejoratively, to describe a sexually promiscuous woman.

There have been attempts to reclaim the word 'slut', yes.

And she would repeat the word slut, as though it gave her pleasure.

He is later killed for talking to his mother about the word "slut."

The audience is grabbed by the opening scene with the word "slut" written on the wall.

Recently the debate about using the word slut has emerged within the SlutWalk movement itself.

This chapter contains the first of several occasions when the word slut is applied to a man, presumably as an insult.

There's a slightly cartoon element to the word slut, and I wouldn't necessarily be offended if someone used it about me, depending on who they were.

The issue I have is with the word "slut."

Hell the word slut does seem to excite the Guardian readership.