Tall Tales: Slangs: Apsara
FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2006 file photo, a policeman watches over a group of suspected sex workers during an inspection of a nightclub in Beijing. Police in China frequently beat, torture and arbitrarily detain suspected sex workers, often with little or no evidence that they engaged in prostitution, Human Rights Watch said in a report Tuesday, May 14, 2013, calling on the government to discipline abusive officers. (AP Photo/EyePress, File) CHINA OUT
“Boardhouse gyal” = woman from a board house/poor area, implying she’s cheap/easy. Classist + slut-shaming. “She a boardhouse gyal” = “She’s ghetto/easy”.
“Streggeh” = straggly/unkempt woman, but means promiscuous/doesn’t take care of herself. “Streggeh gyal” = dirty ho. Very insulting.
