Timeline for Can "whore" mean "to hoard things"?
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| Sep 20, 2011 at 17:33 | comment | added | JeffSahol | The primary word "hoard", though, implies that there is a cache/stash involved. The secondary meaning you mention ("collect for oneself and refuse to share") also implies it ("collect"). | |
| Sep 20, 2011 at 17:03 | comment | added | Fixee | Jeff: I don't take "hoard" to mean "to store up"; more like "to collect for oneself and refuse to share". Imagine a 3 yr old hoarding all the blocks. Someone hoarding attention might step to the front of a group and not let anyone else talk, for example. | |
| Sep 20, 2011 at 16:03 | history | answered | JeffSahol | CC BY-SA 3.0 |