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- From: lew@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (lewis.h.mammel..jr)
- Subject: Re: Is a bimbo the modern name for hussy?
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 02:30:25 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.023025.6462@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
- Summary: Skateboard babes
- References: <1992Dec18.194037.19020@PacBell.COM> <1992Dec22.215850.379@cactus.org>
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- In article <1992Dec22.215850.379@cactus.org>, kate@cactus.org (Katherine M. Catmull) writes:
- >
- > My younger sisters (mid-twenties) use the words "bimbo" and
- > "slut" in a completely non-gender-specific way.
- >
- > This was a surprise to me when I first heard it, though a pleasant
- > one. Maybe it's a New-ish Thing. They're both awfully cutting-edge.
-
- You can add "babe" to this list. I saw an article on
- "Skateboard Babes" in Sassy magazine. It was about the
- different styles and personality types of the
- title ( male ) subjects. I asked my daughter if it was
- usual to refer to boys as babes and she gave a shrugging
- affirmative. ( She's a high school senior. )
-
- Lew Mammel, Jr.
-