Talk:hook

Good

Good page with photos. So, one can understand better. Congratulations !!!! --77.209.6.11 18:14, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

• I don't see any photos... Dictabeard 02:04, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

More specific meaning in relation to prostitution

I am unsure if it is accurate to say using this as a verb would be the same as whoring/prostituting. A hooker seems to be a specific subclass of harlot (much like an adult film star) specifically indicating those who stand in view on the streets. The term hooker usually means someone selling on the street, as opposed to say, working in a massage parlour or a bordello where you rarely see hooker used. I'm sure there must be some literature to reflect this, can we add a note about it? Dictabeard 02:04, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

What we would need are citations of usage (not mentions) that clearly show the term being used as specifically as you say. Many words are used with various degrees of specificity. As most languages don't have prescriptive authorities precision is not usually maintained in actual usage. DCDuring TALK 12:21, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

News angle

What about the news angle meaning of hook? Leucosticte (talk) 02:42, 22 December 2013 (UTC)