To Spitzer or Not to Spitzer? Playboy Answers Question

Disgraced ex-guv now has his very own verb
By Elizabeth Wolff,  Newser Staff
Posted May 12, 2008 9:05 AM CDT
To Spitzer or Not to Spitzer? Playboy Answers Question
Gov. Eliot Spitzer makes a statement in this March 10, 2008 file photo, where he apologized to his family and the public after a report that he was involved in a prostitution ring.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Playboy's June issue introduces a new term into modern sexology parlance—"to Spitzer"—the New York Post reports. The flesh mag defines the nod to disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer as the act of asking a prostitute for sex sans condom, as in "I Spitzered her, but she was like, 'Duh, not a chance, pal.' " (More Eliot Spitzer stories.)

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