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She's been cancelled for multiple reasons now.*
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Posted by ATL
on January 23, 2024, 15:22:08, in reply to "
Woman Gadot*
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...that their brand is running.
I immediately cringed for several reasons...but we using gal over here? Really?
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Is “lady” now disfavored? Is “woman” the preferred term? Do you know what the explanation is if so?
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Jackie I need your expertise as both an English expert and a female
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ATL
January 23, 2024, 7:43:10
Not many Lady Lions, Lady Bulldogs or such left in the sports world. *
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larue33
January 23, 2024, 15:12:16
Another data point but I think more related to the idea that both teams are the bulldogs
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ATL
January 23, 2024, 17:21:10
Did someone tell you not to use it?
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Jackie
January 23, 2024, 10:30:11
I recently got into it with someone who was trying to defend the use of "gal"*
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Sounder
January 23, 2024, 15:16:07
No. Just noticed it's disappeared or at least receded a bit from modern usage.
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ATL
January 23, 2024, 10:35:36
I just feels like of old timey to me, but not nearly as bad as say, gal*
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Sounder
January 23, 2024, 15:18:51
I had an editor who disliked it
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AintHatin
January 23, 2024, 15:14:45
Sidejack...someone on an all company call yesterday mentioned that "Gal-entines Day" promotion...
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haighter
January 23, 2024, 10:16:47
I think that's one of the few areas where the term is totally acceptable*
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Sounder
January 23, 2024, 15:18:20
Woman Gadot*
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Sammich
January 23, 2024, 10:39:41
She's been cancelled for multiple reasons now.*
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ATL
January 23, 2024, 15:22:08
Remember her tone deaf Covid video?*
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Sounder
January 23, 2024, 15:49:24
I don’t *
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ATL
January 23, 2024, 17:21:36
it's from Parks & Rec
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IlliniSax05
January 23, 2024, 10:19:35
Ah...I missed the pop-culture reference. *
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haighter
January 23, 2024, 10:26:01
Gal-entines is apparently a perfectly appropriate Gen Z thing.
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ATL
January 23, 2024, 10:19:20
Also Dude, lady is not the preferred Nomenclature. Woman, please*
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lcubed
January 23, 2024, 9:24:22
Dame or skirt
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TarheelIllini
January 23, 2024, 9:03:43
I prefer “dame”*
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GMAW
January 23, 2024, 8:28:33
broad*
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Tortillini
January 23, 2024, 8:29:18
Skirt*
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Herman Blume
January 23, 2024, 8:34:36
bird*
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ATL
January 23, 2024, 8:55:34
she/her*
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timmer
January 23, 2024, 9:30:32
Use it in a sentence, please*
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Taz
January 23, 2024, 8:20:33
My tiramisu has womanfingers in it*
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Herman Blume
January 23, 2024, 8:23:06
That famous spaghetti scene in Woman and the Tramp.*
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Tortillini
January 23, 2024, 8:27:23
Anything by Woman Gaga*
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Herman Blume
January 23, 2024, 8:38:00
The woman in red is dancing with me (cheek to cheek)*
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Sammich
January 23, 2024, 8:26:43
Luck be a woman tonight*
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Phytynlini
January 23, 2024, 8:28:02
Woman Madonna*
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bbonb
January 23, 2024, 10:13:16
Lay Woman Lay*
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PapaDels
January 23, 2024, 8:30:51
Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Woman"*
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illini222
January 23, 2024, 8:30:24
She's a woman. Whoa, whoa, whoa, she's a woman. TALKIN' ABOUT that little woman*
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Sammich
January 23, 2024, 8:30:17
Woman
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ATL
January 23, 2024, 8:33:01
Womansmith Black Mambazo *
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ijustkrushalot
January 23, 2024, 8:59:04
That endearing Rodney Dangerfield 1992 vehicle "Womanbugs"*
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ATL
January 23, 2024, 9:02:51
"Special Lady Friend"*
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memyselfandillini
January 23, 2024, 8:18:34
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