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    What is a fish wife?

    Question #91275. Asked by billythebrit. (Jan 18 08 4:25 PM)


    guitargoddess

    		Proper dictionary definitions include simply "a woman who sells wish, or an unsophisticated, coarse woman.'

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fishwife

    In slang, it can mean a gossip, or an older woman who gets dumped for a younger, prettier girl

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fish+wife

    Jan 18 08, 4:34 PM
    billythebrit

    		Where is the term from?

    Jan 18 08, 5:35 PM
    satguru

    		I would think it's the same as sweraing like a sailor or docker but the femal equivalent. You notice the nautical theme, maybe the salt water brings out the worst in people?
    The dictionary just says a woman who sells fish as guitargoddess said, but clearly now refers to one fluent in bad language, eg Janet Street-Porter on this week's Big Brother.

    Jan 18 08, 6:26 PM

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