From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!zehntel!zinfandel!berry Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: posslq - (nf) Article-I.D.: zehntel.745 Posted: Sat Feb 12 01:19:32 1983 Received: Wed Feb 16 06:51:37 1983 #R:hou5e:-18900:zinfandel:9300004:000:307 zinfandel!berry Feb 10 14:46:00 1983 POSSLQ derives from the 1980 census, where it was used to mean "Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters". Some now use it in preference to "main squeeze", "significant other", "boyfriend/girlfriend/whatever". Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (decvax!sytek!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) (415)932-6900