What to call female humans 20 yrs old or over

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12 Nov 2012, 7:32 pm

Frieslander wrote:

what about 'gal'? I forgot about that one when I posted.

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12 Nov 2012, 7:34 pm

rachel_519 wrote:

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some people would not spell wom*n as woman, but womyn.

Interesting. Learn something new everyday.

Feminist revision of 'woman'.

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12 Nov 2012, 7:35 pm

the only thing i can think of is 'female', since that word eliminates all arbirtary differences between girls and women

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13 Nov 2012, 12:05 am

Frieslander wrote:

rachel_519 wrote:

Frieslander wrote:

some people would not spell wom*n as woman, but womyn.

Interesting. Learn something new everyday.

Feminist revision of 'woman'.

Very, very much so.

I think the Women, Ladies, Girls post said it well.

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13 Nov 2012, 12:25 am

Lass? I used that one a lot in a browser RP-heavy game set in Scotland :lol:

I usually use "girl" in situations where I'd use "guy" instead if I was talking about, um, guys. And "women" where I'd use "men". At least if I screw up I can blame it on being foreign :lol:

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13 Nov 2012, 1:03 am

Women and potential mates.

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13 Nov 2012, 1:48 am

*shrug* Women, perhaps?

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13 Nov 2012, 2:38 am

What is the noun of a female adult human?
What is their natural habitat?
What does their diet primarily consist of?
What is their gestational period?
Where can one be spotted in the wild?

And other questions about those mysterious females nobody knows the answer to. First one to correctly answer (without Googling!) gets a lollipop.

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13 Nov 2012, 8:09 am

Fnord wrote:

Frieslander wrote:

Fnord wrote:

People.

Eliminate the male from people from the list.

Women are people, even if you don't think so.

So are men, kid. Sex matters. That's why all languages have distinct words for male people and female people. The English language does not have words to distinguish a female child from a young woman. That's why "girl" can be used to refer to a woman under 30. If she objects to that term Frieslander, then just call her a chick.

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13 Nov 2012, 8:24 am

eric76 wrote:

If they are older than you, Ma'am.

As in "Yes Ma'am" or "No Ma'am".

Exactly.....Always use 2nd person pronouns to refer to female peeps in the 3rd person. As in " ma'ams are crazy".

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13 Nov 2012, 9:59 am

Frieslander, "women", just to be on the safe side.

You and I live in different cultures, though, and maybe there's something more appropriate to your more polite, less direct culture?

To me, it's death to be called "Ma'am". To the point that I even tip heavier if someone calls me "Miss".

"Ladies" is a terrible word, in my opinion. It indicates all kinds of expectations of my demeanor and behavior, and I don't stand for that. I won't take someone to task for saying "lady", but it definitely changes my opinion of them. If they mean it in the context of "she's a lady because she's classy and she considers other people's feelings" then I'm okay with that, but most of the time the definition goes beyond that and I can't have that.

"Girls" is right out. Even if a particular woman prefers that, it's just insulting to all the rest of us. We're "girls" when we live with our parents.

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13 Nov 2012, 10:15 am

In Sydney a 'boiler' was an older woman like a cougar, and a 'baldy' was a ...
oh never mind

Woman

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13 Nov 2012, 11:36 am

mv wrote:

I recall back in the 90s when feminist idiots though the term "chick" was degrading because they took it literally and assumed it was derived from the word for a baby bird. In fact, it comes from the Spanish word chica which means a Young WOMAN. English has no equivalent of madamoiselle or fräulein, so call women under the age of 30 'girls'. I some guess old ladies don't like it because they feel bitter about not being young anymore.

But if you must refer to them with an a more age-specific term, call them wimminz.

Now I said it before, and I'll say it again: The word "ma'am" has no plural form and is NEVER, EVER used to refer to women in the 3rd person! This is shouldn't be that hard to understand.

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