From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!G:fantods Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.singles Title: Re: posslq Article-I.D.: populi.520 Posted: Fri Mar 11 23:40:59 1983 Received: Sun Mar 13 04:56:18 1983 I think the Census people did intend it to only include those people "living in sin". I think the only reason they put it in the form was to include couples who are married-without-being-married. A roomate is a roomate is a roomate, the word connotates no sexual or "whole life" sharing. A posslq is a whole lot more. The Census Bureau meant it to be used as a term to refer to couples living in sin, since that's gotten so popular, and the posslq solution sounded a little less extreme than "cohabiting, fornicating, unmarried but committed" or whatever. There are plenty of words for "roomate". Keep posslq a loaded term. We need it.