In literature, "promiscuous" is deployed with a rich variety of meanings that extend far beyond its modern sexual connotations. At times it denotes sexual indiscrimination or unrestrained intimacy, as when it describes untethered kissing or free love ([1], [2], [3]). In other contexts it characterizes disorder and indiscriminate action—for instance, a chaotic massacre or the random firing of weapons ([4], [5], [6])—or even a haphazard arrangement of objects or people ([7], [8]). Authors have thus used the term both to evoke moral censure when referring to casual sexual behavior and to underline the lack of order or restraint in broader, sometimes violent, settings.