In american english, a single woman may be considered 'wifey' if she is stereotypically suitable marriage material for a sexist type of man, and in the uk, it. The men might have different opinions, and circumstances alter cases, but i expect wifey would take a dim view of the diminutive By the same token, girlie / sonny today are likely to be seen as insulting / disrespectful in many contexts (but lassie / laddie are more generally acceptable in scotland) What's wrong with the words wife and husband Why do people instead use partner more and more often? The noun customer is clear to all of us
When i'm talking about my friend, who is a girl, but not a girlfriend, what word or phrase should i use If the gender was unimportant, it would not be a problem But if i want to note that the fri.
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