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I just finished an online opinion poll on my shopping habits, specifically about Target: Did I shop at discount retailers such as Target, Wal Mart, K-Mart? How much did I usually spend at Target in the past? Would I visit Target much more/more/the same/less/much less than in the past. (Much less). Why? (I was allowed to type a response to this instead of radio button.) I replied that it was because of their refusal to allow Salvation Army bellringers at Christmas. Other radio buttons asked about recommending their store to others (no), spending amounts ($$$), among others. When they get their results, they should see that they are losing frequent, big spenders over this. Somehow, I don't think the LGBTQ'ers will take up the slack. By the way, can't someone come up with a simple word to replace LGBTQ? Confused, perhaps?

By the way, can't someone come up with a simple word to replace LGBTQ? Confused, perhaps?

Libertine:

n.

1. One who acts without moral restraint; a dissolute person.
2. One who defies established religious precepts; a freethinker.

adj.

Morally unrestrained; dissolute.

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[Middle English, freedman, from Latin lbertnus, from lbertus, from lber, free. See leudh- in Indo-European Roots.]

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

adj : unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
[syn: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, profligate, riotous, fast] n : a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained [syn: debauchee, rounder]

Hedonist:

n.
1. Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
2. Philosophy. The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.
3. Psychology. The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.

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[Greek hdon, pleasure; see swd- in Indo-European Roots + -ism.]

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

n : someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
[syn: pleasure seeker]

Debauchee:

n. A person who habitually indulges in debauchery or dissipation; a libertine.

Dissolute:

adj. Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices.
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[Middle English, from Latin dissoltus, past participle of dissolvere, to dissolve. See dissolve.]