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Words and phrases you would like to see vanish

111 replies

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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ocelot41 · 13/12/2014 16:15

Yes, you always wonder how????

vesuvia · 13/12/2014 16:14

My suggestion is "got herself pregnant".

ocelot41 · 13/12/2014 16:02

Bossy
Show-off ( both applied to little girls)
Strident

Original poster
YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 16:01

"Took advantage of"

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ocelot41 · 13/12/2014 15:20

That's truly horrid. Who thought that one up?

AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 13/12/2014 15:16

here you go

ocelot41 · 13/12/2014 15:14

Yuk

AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 13/12/2014 15:12

Yes, a "wifebeater" is a grubby vest top inferred to be worn by the type of guy that slobs around the house dressed so, swigging beer from a can and giving his wife a slap if she doesn't serve his dinner on time

ocelot41 · 13/12/2014 15:04

Wifebeater is an item of clothing????Shock

almondcakes · 13/12/2014 14:59

I would not get rid of beauty therapy immediately, as it does refer to a level of expertise of mostly female workers and business owners. A beauty therapist has higher levels of skills, experience and training than a beautician. We might want different terms but there is a distinction that has to be kept.

A bit like getting rid of master's degree as a term but still wanting to make a distinction from a BA or BSc.

I also like the skill implied in spinster. I think the term should be reclaimed.

I don't like the US term wifebeater for an item of clothing.

scallopsrgreat · 13/12/2014 14:23

Bitch - my single most hated word
Cougar - I mean wtf?
little madam - just no
mutton dressed as lamb
let herself go
MILF
frape
bridezilla
whore (and I am comforted by the fact that the auto correct on my phone didn't recognize it as a word)
broads
son of a bitch

I'm sure there are more Wink.

grimbletart · 13/12/2014 13:54

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

Amethyst24 · 13/12/2014 13:52

"Beauty therapy"

DisneyDivaWoo · 13/12/2014 13:04

*piss
Naughty auto correct.

DisneyDivaWoo · 13/12/2014 13:03

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

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.
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.

Original poster
YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 12:40

Feminism has gone too far.

Petite (this might just be me)

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Original poster
YonicSleighdriver · 13/12/2014 12:35

Nigel Farage

Xmas Grin

The bridal party.
Too posh to push.

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Badonna · 13/12/2014 12:16

Harridan.

BuffyWithChristmasEarings · 13/12/2014 12:08

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Original poster
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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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

TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 13/12/2014 11:42

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

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.