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A status everyone has once and no one keeps score of fairly.
means Someone who hasn't yet done a particular thing — most commonly, had sex — for the first time.
from From Latin 'virgo' (maiden, unmarried woman), a word of uncertain deeper roots — possibly related to 'virga' (a green shoot or twig), suggesting something fresh, unplucked, not yet grown into use. It passed through Old French 'virgine' into English, originally tied tightly to female chastity before loosening over centuries to cover anyone, or anything — virgin wool, virgin snow, virgin territory — untouched by prior use.
- origin
- latin virgo meant simply unmarried woman
- biology myth
- no physical marker reliably proves it
- cultural weight
- policed far more harshly for women historically
- branding twist
- virgin atlantic named for being new, not pure