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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Significant Other ??? #156126 02/25/2006 3:35 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Quote: Gosh. I tend toward prescriptivity and I would use the phrase "significant other" only in a way which made it clear that I was mocking its use at all. And what would be the mocking meaning that you would intend? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Significant Other ??? srudlang 02/24/2006 6:01 PM Re: Significant Other ??? dalehileman 02/24/2006 6:08 PM Re: Significant Other ??? Myridon 02/24/2006 9:07 PM Re: Significant Other ??? tsuwm 02/24/2006 9:15 PM Re: Significant Other ??? jmh 02/24/2006 9:50 PM Re: Significant Other ??? Faldage 02/24/2006 11:34 PM Re: Significant Other ??? Father Steve 02/25/2006 6:39 AM Re: Significant Other ??? Buffalo Shrdlu 02/25/2006 11:12 AM Re: Significant Other ??? Faldage 02/25/2006 3:35 PM Re: Significant Other ??? inselpeter 02/25/2006 5:30 PM Re: Significant Other ??? Faldage 02/25/2006 5:49 PM Re: Significant Other ??? inselpeter 02/25/2006 6:33 PM Re: Significant Other ??? belMarduk 02/26/2006 2:25 AM Re: Significant Other ??? inselpeter 02/26/2006 7:45 PM Re: Significant Other ??? Alex Williams 02/26/2006 8:02 PM Re: Significant Other ??? Faldage 02/26/2006 8:26 PM Re: Significant Other ??? themilum 02/26/2006 8:35 PM Re: Significant Other ??? Father Steve 02/26/2006 8:41 PM Re: Significant Other ??? Elizabeth Creith 02/26/2006 8:46 PM Re: Significant Other ??? belMarduk 02/26/2006 9:47 PM Um jmh 02/26/2006 10:08 PM Re: Um belMarduk 02/26/2006 10:59 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,322 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,165 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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