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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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can anyone explain to me what the term "professional" means . i see this on ads who are looking for a professional gent & would like to know what it means. |
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According to freedictionary.com:
adj
1. of, relating to, suitable for, or engaged in as a profession
2. engaging in an activity for gain or as a means of livelihood
3. extremely competent in a job, etc.
4. undertaken or performed for gain or by people who are paid
n
1. (Business / Professions) a person who belongs to or engages in one of the professions
2. a person who engages for his livelihood in some activity also pursued by amateurs
3. a person who engages in an activity with great competence
4. (General Sporting Terms) an expert player of a game who gives instruction, esp to members of a club by whom he is hired professionally
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"can anyone explain to me what the term "professional" means . i see this on ads who are looking for a professional gent & would like to know what it means."
If you need to ask it's probably best you just skip to the next profile and not worry yourself about it. |
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By *ig badMan
over a year ago
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"can anyone explain to me what the term "professional" means . i see this on ads who are looking for a professional gent & would like to know what it means."
Its a lovely word but really seems to upset many people for some reason. I have my own ideas but i guess we all do.
What i suspect many mean by it is they are a clean, well groomed suited and booted couple with a clean hygienic house, clean linen and live to a certain standard.
I think what the professional tag is supposed to say they are not scruffy, dog end smoking, shell suite wearing, one bath a week, rotten teeth, foul mouthed, unhygienic scutters who thing dressing up is putting on a baseball cap.
Alas nobody would put all that so put professional. a tenna says i am right in 90% of cases |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"According to freedictionary.com:
adj
1. of, relating to, suitable for, or engaged in as a profession
2. engaging in an activity for gain or as a means of livelihood
3. extremely competent in a job, etc.
4. undertaken or performed for gain or by people who are paid
n
1. (Business / Professions) a person who belongs to or engages in one of the professions
2. a person who engages for his livelihood in some activity also pursued by amateurs
3. a person who engages in an activity with great competence
4. (General Sporting Terms) an expert player of a game who gives instruction, esp to members of a club by whom he is hired professionally
There have been LOADS of threads on this topic previously, do a quick search and give them a read "
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"can anyone explain to me what the term "professional" means . i see this on ads who are looking for a professional gent & would like to know what it means.
Its a lovely word but really seems to upset many people for some reason. I have my own ideas but i guess we all do.
What i suspect many mean by it is they are a clean, well groomed suited and booted couple with a clean hygienic house, clean linen and live to a certain standard.
I think what the professional tag is supposed to say they are not scruffy, dog end smoking, shell suite wearing, one bath a week, rotten teeth, foul mouthed, unhygienic scutters who thing dressing up is putting on a baseball cap.
Alas nobody would put all that so put professional. a tenna says i am right in 90% of cases "
so wayne and waynette is out then lmao |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Pardon me being a dolt ...... but working in a bank is not a profession. A career maybe, a job maybe but a profession .....nah.
Maybe the bank manager is a professional. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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List of professionsProfessions include
Accountants
Actuaries
Advocates
Architects
Doctors
Dentists
Engineers
Financial analysts
Interpreters
Lawyers
Librarians
Nurses
Pilots
Physiotherapists
Pharmacists
Physicians
Professors
Social Workers
Teachers
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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that's the wiki list and, if nothing else, it shows the challenges faced when making such a list.
No mention of vets? Clergymen?
Why include financial analysts? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"that's the wiki list and, if nothing else, it shows the challenges faced when making such a list.
No mention of vets? Clergymen?
Why include financial analysts?"
Their definition was based on ed. quals.
I'm looking for a better list. There were others I wouldn't have included either. |
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By *orestersCouple
over a year ago
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"Blimey, that list is naff... I'd not consider half of them to be "professions"."
Four of those job titles on that list apply to me, and I'd say that only one of them makes me a true professional - so I agree, it does seem a naff list. |
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