Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxl!seifert From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Girl/Woman - responsibility for what others think Message-ID: <1382@ihuxl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 09:19:59 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxl.1382 Posted: Thu Oct 4 09:19:59 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Oct-84 05:33:09 EDT References: <9198@watmath.UUCP> <137@tekred.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 20 > Girlfriend and woman-friend, boyfriend and man-friend do not > seem to carry the same meanings, so how do these fit in with the > demands to be called by some seemingly more adult name? Most of > the people who are not on this net will not even understand the > terms made up here (MOTOS, SO, etc). Now what, Sherlock? Well, there's always "lady-friend" and "gentleman-friend". Or sometimes "gentleman-caller". Of course if the person in question doesn't qualify for the term "lady" or "gentleman", you still have a problem. How about "main-squeeze" ? -- "We've got a full tank of gas, it's dark, and we're _____ wearing sunglasses" /_____\ "Hit it!" /_______\ |___| Snoopy ____|___|_____ ihnp4!ihuxl!seifert