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Philip refers to a female art student he had known in Paris, who had had several affairs with a couple of his friends as a "hussy". It occurred to me that I had no idea as to etymology of word. It surprised me: hussy SYLLABICATION: hus·sy PRONUNCIATION: hz, hs NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. hus·sies 1. A woman considered brazen or immoral. 2. A saucy or impudent girl. ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of Middle English houswif, housewife. See housewife.
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When HRH Andrew, Duke of York, was serving in the RN, aboard HMS Brazen, the helicopter he flew was called Hussy. Even as a child, I found that amusing, especially given his own soubriquet at the time.
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So many members of the crew had an affair with the samew Brazen Hussy.
What indeed, was HRH's soubriquet? Randy Andy?
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>Randy Andy
Aye, or, as they say in Maaori, Ae.
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Dirty minds run in the same gutter.
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