noun General Slang

john

· noun · sex-work

A prostitute's client — the customer paying for sex.

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The generic term for a man paying a sex worker. Used by workers, police and journalists alike. Police 'john stings' arrest the buyers rather than the sellers; 'date' and 'trick' are softer in-trade equivalents for the same person.

“She said the john got weird the second they got in the room, so she bailed.”
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john In A Sentence

She said the john got weird the second they got in the room, so she bailed.

Origin & Usage

From the generic alias customers used to stay anonymous — 'John' being the most common American given name, the original Doe. Documented from the early 20th century.

Variants Johntrick

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