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From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Keyword: GIRLS
Message-ID: <1825@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 15:37:53 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  9 15:37:53 1985
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Reply-To: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold)
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Summary: 

"Girl" also used to be used by members of my mother's generation to describe
a dayworker or maid, who might be older than the speaker but was definitely
lower status.

In fact, I don't think I've ever heard "girl" used to describe someone
MORE powerful than the speaker.

(Same thing goes for the adjective "cute" which is normally reserved for
babies, playful dogs and cats, and ingenue-type people.)

Random House dictionary incidentally defines girl as female child or young
person; young unmarried woman, female servant or employee, or man's or
boy's sweetheart; (informal) woman.

--Lee Gold