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Dead Internet Theory is Correct in More Ways Than One (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by Eximius@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Maybe because I'm older idk, but boy and girl make me think of children.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Maybe because I’m older idk, but boy and girl make me think of children.

I'm so old that I don't sprinkle my comments with kid-pidgin like 'idk', and I don't equate 'girl' with 'young girl'. Bat Girl, Girl Friday, Ring Girl, "I married a girl right out of college"; it's about context.

[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

It's more a problem because people don't really do it for men.

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Idk, I'm 31 and my girlfriend is 27. I don't call her my woman friend or lady friend, and calling her my girlfriend doesn't really make her sound underage to me

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Especially since "woman friend" and "lady friend" specifically mean "friend who is a female, no romantic entanglement" or "I'm specifically NOT using the word girlfriend here."

Which does expose kind of a scar on the language; the terms we have for unmarried romantic partners are inherently juvenile, which puts 50 year olds who are dating in the awkward position of calling each other boy and/or girl. Or you get to spit out all ten chapters of the phrase "significant other."

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Easy solution:
"Hi, have you met Elaine? We fuck."