Thread: procurement

In old-fashioned and literary English, "procurer" was often used as a euphemistic way of saying "pimp"!

It even had a feminine form: A "procuress" was not a lady who worked in the procurement division of a corporation, but a woman who would arrange for another woman (or a rent-boy, I suppose) to sleep with you for money. Thus, "a madam" in the sense of "a woman who manages a brothel".

Nowadays, one would only see this usage in literature from before the 20th century, or in modern parodies of such literature.

But regarding the original question, I agree with Seraph's example: "I'm interested in the procurement of about two dozen whores (female and male, in an assortment of colors) for our company's holiday party on 17 December."

Thank you, Throbber!