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Ever Wonder Why Prostitutes Got The Name - Hookers

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Kandykammy

Union Gen. Joseph Hooker commander of Army of the Potomac, during Civil War is responsible for the name of “hookers” being given to prostitutes

Hooker was one of the most immodest and immoral of the high Union commanders

Once in charge, Hooker's headquarters were roundly criticized by many as a combination of bar and brothel. When he launched his campaign against Lee, Hooker swore off liquor. This may have hurt more than it helped..

Popular legend has it that his name was permanently attached to prostitutes from his Civil War actions in rounding them up in one area of Washington and taking them to the base for the soldiers.

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cancun1999	Nov 7 @ 5:09PM
	Hookers

BaNiNBoston	Nov 7 @ 5:09PM
	I thought He was a Captain!!

BaNiNBoston	Nov 7 @ 5:12PM


john49887	Nov 7 @ 5:14PM
	You mean Billy Boy Clinton was a client way back when too?

Toric	Nov 7 @ 5:17PM
	LOL!!

ladykay488	Nov 7 @ 5:58PM
	Boy! MD is wild this evening!!!!!

Kandykammy	Nov 7 @ 6:13PM
	Kay, we need to be hookers. They have more fun and get paid for it.

ladykay488	Nov 7 @ 6:32PM
	You do the hooking and I'll take the money

Kandykammy	Nov 7 @ 7:06PM
	Kay, you are just too shy. You want me to have the fun while you roll in the dough.

chris549547	Nov 7 @ 7:12PM


hunt4luv	Nov 7 @ 8:22PM


SweetNapaGuy	Nov 9 @ 1:47AM
	I cannot comment on the validity of this information: http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=47;t=000454;p=2 Blaming Fighting Joe Hooker for the term "hooker" is a base canard, an insult to an intrepid American soldier. Hooker, meaning prostitute, was a common term in London before Joseph H was born. James Boswell (1740-1795), in The Life of Samuel Johnson, calls prostitutes "hookers." Given that here's an attribution that predates Hooker by AT LEAST 65 years, I'm inclined to believe that it's an apocryphal tale.

RareQuestor	Nov 9 @ 4:01AM
	Most etymologists now dismiss the General Hooker legend, but still cannot pinpoint the exact origin of the word: http://plateaupress.com.au/wfw/hooker.htm

Kandykammy	Nov 9 @ 8:48AM
	Stop complaining napa. You know where I got all of that information. I am sure your busy little fingers found it online in Hooker's biographies. They did call those women Hooker brought to the Union base as Hooker's Hookers. If there were women called hookers in the book "The Life of Samuel Johnson", where they were calling prostitutes "hookers." in 1740-1795, I am sure that our souldiers had not heard of that before. So do not go that route. Actually I have read "The Life of Samuel Johnson" and I have a copy of the book and do not recall the term hookers in the book. Give me the page number where it is in the book, IF YOU CAN. Do not refer to Snops in my blog. I do not believe Snops' crap.

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