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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:09 PM Original message |
What's the definitive answer concerning the word "chick" |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't like it when men call me a chick |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Definitive? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. in other words |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Not necessarily |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Many times strangers get treated better than loved ones |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. The screenname is the result of an earworm |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. I tell'em "I didn't hatch from an egg" |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. How about a |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. The Dixie Chicks |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Calling oneself a chick is very different than some anonymous guy |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I'm just being silly |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. See my other response below. |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Hubris. Wow... to claim that someone, presumably a woman... |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Beats me... |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here's some really "groovy" chicks I found |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. Hey, and here's a beaver shot... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Two of my female coworkers (used to be three...) called themselves chicks. |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Maybe I shoulda' belted that old woman who called me.... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I had no idea that, at the time, I'd cause such a stir! |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. What's in a word? |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. yup |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. My wife's a BABE! |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. babe can be used for both genders |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. yeah well, so can "chick" |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. the dictionary, which does not tell how it got started |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Okay. Now let's be positive: What do you want to be called? |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Call me by my proper name-- "Ms. ___" or a formal way... |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I see your point here too |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I think since the use of "chick" is not to her face... |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Just as I take offense to being called boy |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I honestly don't think so |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. But women aren't guys :-) |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. (I actually use "comrade") |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Guys are off the hook either |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I can't respond to this. |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. You're okay HT but you may be getting the Clinton treatment... |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. It takes a lot to offend me |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Well, I see your point |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. The male equivalent, almost universally, is "guy" |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. By no means is this definitive |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That's what I thought, too |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I see it more like "dude". -nt |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. guy, dude, fella, it's all kind of the same thing :-) |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. aaaaaaand it's off to the flame-wars again! |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. . |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. My husband calls me chick all the time... |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
47. Wasn't it originally part of Beat lingo, i.e., "Cats and chicks"? |
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