When webcam models create their live [[webcast]]s, they perform the activity known as ''camming''. A third-party hosting website which transmits multiple webcam models' video-streams is known as a ''camming site''. Webcam models mostly perform individually in separate video [[chat room]]s, frequently referred to as ''rooms''.
The term "camwhore" was first used in print in November 2001;<ref>Torpy, Kathryn. (November 10, 2001) ''[[The Courier-Mail]]'' "Virtual lolitas.''" Page 4.</ref> however, the label is considered derogatory and [[pejorative]].<ref>Chua, Grace. (July 30, 2006) ''[[The Straits Times]]'' "Look, it's me - Babes who blog.'''"</ref><ref>Oppert, Allan; Mullens, Ken. (November 14, 2004) ''[[The Advertiser (Australia)|Sunday Mail (Adelaide, Australia).]]'' "Surviving a great white: How it feels to be a webcam girl".'' Section: Features2; Page 66. (writing, "The first lot of cam girls coined the phrase "cam whores" as a bit of a tongue-in-cheek thing. [In 1999, we] were whoring ourselves for hits, getting on cam and flirting.")</ref> The term has also been used pejoratively towards non-explicit female streamers on [[livestreaming]] platforms such as [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] and [[YouTube]].
