Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.social Subject: Re: An SO is . . .. Message-ID: <82@unc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 19-Jan-85 17:39:24 EST Article-I.D.: unc.82 Posted: Sat Jan 19 17:39:24 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 22-Jan-85 04:53:45 EST References:Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 22 Summary: In article diego@cca.UUCP (Diego Gonzalez) writes (I edited it down): > >An "SO", as used in this network, stands for "significant other." >I know this only because a fellow I worked with a while back used >to refer to his sweetheart by the latter term. While it gives a >definite neutrality to expression, I personally find it lacks warmth >(both SO and significant other). > >When you think about the words themselves, it seems that they are >actually an avoidance. And usually, we're not quite ready to discuss >or introduce a person as a lover (although, in its broadest sense, it is >probably the most accurate). Thus, people are reduced to usages that >could refer to pets, plants, robots, or even cars. > I agree. Many people in our lives are significant others, e.g. our friends, teachers, parents, children, etc. Some netters have jokingly declared that SO stands for "Sex Object". I think this is actually the more accurate interpretation. When you think about it, what else differentiates your SO from all the other important people in your life?