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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Partners #11864 12/06/00 12:29 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 >I have also noticed a resurgence in the once-twee-sounding "boyfriend" and "girlfriend". What goes around comes around, eh? Yes, along with using the term boys and girls for adults, especially when in single-sex groups - eg girls' night out, boys' night out .. but then we discussed that a long long time ago in a distant land ... http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=2478 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted One for the Brits wow 12/02/00 12:45 PM Re: One for the Brits Capital Kiwi 12/02/00 01:27 PM Re: Marquee jmh 12/02/00 03:43 PM Re: Marquee Capital Kiwi 12/02/00 11:10 PM Re: Marquee jmh 12/02/00 11:12 PM Re: Marquee Capital Kiwi 12/03/00 11:41 AM Re: Marquee belMarduk 12/03/00 05:14 PM Re: Marquee jmh 12/03/00 05:23 PM Partners FishonaBike 12/05/00 10:48 AM Re: Partners shanks 12/05/00 01:22 PM Re: Partners jmh 12/06/00 12:29 PM Re: Partners shanks 12/06/00 12:34 PM Re: Partners Jackie 12/06/00 12:53 PM Those parochial Brits!! shanks 12/06/00 01:47 PM Re: Those parochial Brits!! Jackie 12/06/00 03:58 PM Re: Those parochial Brits!! tsuwm 12/06/00 04:17 PM Re: Those parochial Brits!! maverick 12/06/00 04:23 PM Re: Partners jmh 12/06/00 01:02 PM Re: Partners tsuwm 12/05/00 01:59 PM posslq TEd Remington 12/05/00 03:13 PM Re: posslq tsuwm 12/05/00 03:29 PM Re: posslq Capital Kiwi 12/05/00 05:12 PM samlaversk TEd Remington 12/05/00 05:51 PM Re: posslq belMarduk 12/05/00 06:39 PM Re: posslq AnnaStrophic 12/05/00 06:55 PM Re: posslq tsuwm 12/05/00 07:29 PM Re: Marquee drum 12/04/00 05:26 AM Re: Marquee belMarduk 12/04/00 10:16 PM Sorry Bel drum 12/05/00 01:01 AM Re: Sorry Bel Capital Kiwi 12/05/00 07:48 AM A-ha! shanks 12/05/00 09:14 AM Re: Marquee Capital Kiwi 12/04/00 06:47 AM Re: Marquee Max Quordlepleen 12/04/00 07:11 AM Re: Marquee Capital Kiwi 12/04/00 08:58 AM Re: Partner jmh 12/04/00 11:14 AM Re: Marquee belMarduk 12/04/00 09:56 PM Uh oh! shanks 12/05/00 09:07 AM but we digress... tsuwm 12/05/00 06:23 PM Chunder Downunder Marty 12/05/00 10:43 PM Men At Work Chundering ... Capital Kiwi 12/05/00 11:13 PM Re: One for the Brits tsuwm 12/02/00 03:22 PM Re: Chunter jmh 12/02/00 03:29 PM Re: Chunter FishonaBike 12/02/00 08:38 PM Re: cream cakes wow 12/02/00 11:15 PM Re: Chunter Father Steve 12/03/00 02:21 AM Re: Chunter jmh 12/04/00 12:04 PM Re: Marquis jmh 12/02/00 03:46 PM Re: Marquis tsuwm 12/02/00 04:11 PM Re: Marquis jmh 12/02/00 04:13 PM Re: Marquis jmh 12/02/00 04:17 PM Re: Marquis belMarduk 12/02/00 08:36 PM Re: Marquis jmh 12/02/00 08:38 PM Re: Marquis belMarduk 12/02/00 09:09 PM Re: Cream tarts jmh 12/02/00 03:51 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 761 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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