as in love child
an illegitimate child
a notorious 17th-century libertine who supposedly left a brood of whoresons across the breadth of England
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At the same time, 2022’s Scream introduced audiences to Billy Loomis’s secret love child — Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera), conspicuously missing here — so all bets are off.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026 -
With 2022's Scream and 2023's Scream 6, Barrera became the new lead of the meta horror franchise as Sam Carpenter, the secret love child of deceased Ghostface killer Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich), who returned in ghost form to taunt her daughter from beyond the grave.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Whoreson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whoreson. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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