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To hate the term 'petite'

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lemondrizzleistheshnizzle · 24/05/2019 20:38

You're not petite, you're SHORT.

I hate the term petite, to me it's used to make short people sound all dinky and cutesy and makes us tall people feel large and clumsy.

Am I alone in my irritation of this?!

OP posts:
TeaKettleBell · 26/05/2019 14:40

I use petite on occasion because it’s a nicer word than short.
I am tall and don’t like being called ‘big’ or ‘giant’.

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