Quote Originally Posted by azoetia View Post
It's not uncommon for IRL practitioners of modern witchcraft to consider the term "warlock" to be a grave insult, taking it to mean one guilty of cowardice, oath-breaking, and lies, though it's hardly universal.
To be fair, though, the word "witch" hardly has a sterling reputation either historically or in modern pop culture. It's no longer 100% negative, but I'd hesitate to say it isn't still more of a negative than a positive. At best, we've gotten to the point where we have the classical and iconic "wicked witch" stereotype and maybe a bit of "oh yeah, well there are some good ones, too."