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  1. Is there an alternative term for "boyfriend" when talking about an ...

    Jul 15, 2021 · I find this word in this context inappropriate. I don't know what age an adult has to be before calling him/her a boy or girl outside their own immediate circle becomes …

  2. expressions - If an adult gets kidnapped, would it still be …

    If an adult gets kidnapped, would it still be considered "kid"napping? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 11 years, 8 months ago Modified 11 years, 8 months ago

  3. Specific word for "grown-up children"? [duplicate]

    Mar 5, 2014 · Is there a specific word for adult offspring? If all of your "children" are now in their adulthood, is there a specific word to refer to them?

  4. Word meaning project adult characteristics onto children?

    Dec 14, 2018 · I'm looking for a word that is similar to anthropomorphize but that means projecting adult characteristics onto children. I have a pre-verbal child and it is very easy to make up …

  5. etymology - What is the origin of the term ‘blue movie’? - English ...

    Apr 10, 2023 · There's also the term "blue laws", for laws restricting activities on the Sabbath. It also has an unknown origin, although some sites guess that they were printed on blue paper …

  6. Trying to understand the nuances between ox, steer and bullock

    Dec 6, 2018 · American English: an adult animal of the cattle family, esp. a male that has had its sexual organs removed. (here "castrated" is qualified with "especially") Further, Wikipedia …

  7. ChatGPT 不再限制用户制作成人内容,此举何意? - 知乎

    2月13日消息,OpenAI发布了其《模型规范》的扩展版本,内容涵盖了AI模型如何处理争议性话题、用户定制化…

  8. Was "man" a gender-neutral word in common usage at some point?

    Jan 14, 2020 · Etymonline comments: Specific sense of "adult male of the human race" (distinguished from a woman or boy) is by late Old English (c. 1000); implying that "man" was …

  9. Where in the U.S. do people change the stress of umbrella, adult …

    I think that I change the stress in "adult" depending on part of speech—it's always the second syllable for the noun (and verb), but often first syllable for the adjective.

  10. slang - Word for the loss of one parent - English Language

    May 18, 2023 · Merriam-Webster has an entry for half-orphan, meaning someone with only one living parent. They say specifically a child, which would match the usual usage of "orphan" (as …