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Words and phrases you would like to see vanish

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 10:18

Inspired by a couple of other threads...

Cat fight
Bimbo
Glamourous (in the context of, say, Glamourous Lawyer Amal Clooney)
Maiden name (birth name is preferable, I think)
Losing of virginity (any other firsts like first house, first pay packet etc are not depicted as losses)
Busty

Open to suggestions and discussions on my choices!

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Theselittlelightsofmine · 13/12/2014 10:22

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 10:31

Had to google that as am not down with the kids!

(You only live once, for other uncool types Xmas Grin)

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 10:51

Feminine hygeine, though I think it's on the way out...

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LatinForTelly · 13/12/2014 11:00

Yummy mummy (ffs)
spinster
Mrs

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cherubimandseraphim · 13/12/2014 11:02

Milf
Bossy (a word only women and girls get called...never heard a man described as "bossy")

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AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 13/12/2014 11:03

Nag
Shrew
Manhater
Child pornography
Child prostitute

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SunshineBossaNova · 13/12/2014 11:16

Barren
Frigid
Hard-working families - because it only ever means one type of family
Feisty
Bubbly
Bitch
'er indoors
Pussy whipped

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 11:17

Strident

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 11:17

Cries/kicks/runs like a girl

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FloraFox · 13/12/2014 11:20

Balls to the wall or any use of balls to mean bold or brave
Man up

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 11:33

I do quite like "strap on some ovaries" though!

In a similar vein, "backs against the wall, lads" and similar homophobia.

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TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 13/12/2014 11:41

Inspired by another thread...

"having it all"

Why intelligent women seriously discuss this concept as if it is anything other than a dated, misogynist put-down is beyond me.

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TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 13/12/2014 11:42

I'll keep glamorous though (puts on red lipstick)

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TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 13/12/2014 11:44

Oh and "older woman" used to describe anyone over 35.

Mathematically, as our life expectancy is mid-eighties, an older woman is 60 plus
An old woman is past 90 Grin

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 11:54

I don't want Glamourous to vanish overall, I guess I want irrelevant appearance descriptors for women to disappear where they aren't used for men.

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BuffyWithChristmasEarings · 13/12/2014 12:08

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Badonna · 13/12/2014 12:16

Harridan.

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 12:35

Nigel Farage

Xmas Grin

The bridal party.
Too posh to push.

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YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 12:40

Feminism has gone too far.

Petite (this might just be me)

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TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 13/12/2014 12:45

I want irrelevant appearance descriptors for women to disappear where they aren't used for men.

Yes, men need to claim glamorous for themselves. Some men are very glamorous.

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Purpleflamingos · 13/12/2014 13:00

Rape
Slavery
Submissive
Kidnapped

  • as in, there would be no need to use these words because they no longer exist (slinks off back to a bubble world). I know they always have and always will, it's just infuriatingly wrong that some people see others as commodities or objects rather than people.
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DisneyDivaWoo · 13/12/2014 13:03

"run like a girl"
"hit like a girl" etc
Boils my pics.

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DisneyDivaWoo · 13/12/2014 13:04

*piss
Naughty auto correct.

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Amethyst24 · 13/12/2014 13:52

"Beauty therapy"

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grimbletart · 13/12/2014 13:54

"Can see she wears the trousers" - to describe any marriage/partnership where the woman is not a doormat.

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