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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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grimbletart · 15/12/2014 23:16

The trans thread has just reminded me…

Cis

slugseatlettuce · 15/12/2014 22:03

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TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 15/12/2014 14:17

The "busy/working mum" theme reminded me of this:

Sad White Babies with Mean Feminist Mommies

Lio · 15/12/2014 13:22

Career woman
Girly girl
Crop-haired

FreudiansSlipper · 15/12/2014 13:05

yes busy mums should be banned

and as for the advertising aimed at busy mums Xmas Angry

BarbarianMum · 15/12/2014 11:30

Nearly forgot

'single mothers' when the phrase 'single parents' would actually be more appropriate.

And I wish that 'working mothers' could be replaced with ' working parents' because childcare was seen as a shared responsibility but don't think we are there yet.

BarbarianMum · 15/12/2014 11:27

'Hard working families' -fills me with rage
cunt
sissy
mummy's boy
pussy whipped
'grow a pair'
'man up'

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YonicSleighdriver · 14/12/2014 23:34

"Bikini diet"

"Busy mums" if we haven't already had it

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SconeRhymesWithGone · 14/12/2014 23:19

Which reminds me, Yonic, add "gals" to that vanishing list.

DrElizabethPlimpton · 14/12/2014 23:11

Random - i.e. 'He spent the night with a random'

'The wife'

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YonicSleighdriver · 14/12/2014 22:51

Y'all IS useful (I have been known to use it if I think it'll be understood)

But the US gave us "guys" as a general term, I think....

Happy Holidays!

Xmas Grin
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SconeRhymesWithGone · 14/12/2014 22:11

"are we ready, people"

I just don't really understand why "y'all" has not migrated outside the Southern US. It is so useful, y'all. Smile

DeePancrisPandevenistaken · 14/12/2014 21:57

yes, 'gentlefolk' is nicely odd! Will road test it tomorrow!

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YonicSleighdriver · 14/12/2014 21:51

I'm guilty of using "guys" because the alternative I'd want to use is "sisters", which I can only get away with on here!

Otherwise it's "people" or "folks" - "are we ready, people" - which is satisfyingly unisex.

Maybe I should try "gentlefolk"?

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DeePancrisPandevenistaken · 14/12/2014 21:45

"Guys", when there is a mixed group BUT utterly indefensible when referring to a group of women.

"Manned" when the people doing the 'manning' are men and women - what's so wrong with 'staffed'?

BreakingDad77 · 14/12/2014 21:26

She's a go-er

grimbletart · 14/12/2014 16:53

"Chick" for a woman/girl.

thewooster · 14/12/2014 15:07

The word bird to describe a woman. I cannot watch Jeremy Kyle without having to throw something at the telly when he describes someone as 'your current bird.'

Also pours her curves. As in Kelly Brook pours her curves into a dress.

Can I also ask for Page 3 girl to vanish too?

PolterGoose · 14/12/2014 15:05

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YonicSleighdriver · 14/12/2014 14:12

Conversely, I dislike "woman" as an adjective ("woman vicar" etc) - it's usually male nurse, not man nurse, right?

But agree with Annie - it should just be nurse and vicar!

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BreakingDad77 · 14/12/2014 14:09

Bird logic

PolterGoose · 14/12/2014 13:59

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ocelot41 · 14/12/2014 13:46

Oooh yes... Good one Blame

BlameItOnTheBogey · 14/12/2014 13:42

Shrill. Never applied to a bloke.

BreakingDad77 · 14/12/2014 11:45

Ha ha Yonic, though celery is pure evil and transcends gender. Somebody told me it uses more energy to consume than what it provides!
This is bit of a cross post as most have already been covered in the other forums