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CharmYou Posted 12 years ago
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Can “girlfriend” or “boyfriend” indicate friendship?
I just heard straight girls referring to their platonic friends as girlfriends. Is this common? "I'm waiting for my girlfriend." It sounds sooooo lez! Can I call my platonic male friends boyfriends?
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No, it works for girls but not for guys.
- No, it works for girls but not for guys.
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Elanguest No, it works for girls but not for guys.I'd consider it as a double standard.
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CharmYouI'd consider it as a double standard.Don't be led astray by moral scruples. You are studying a language.
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For most of the history of the English language, he was used to signify he or she. That is also a double standard, but it doesn't matter because it was understood that the word he embodied the idea of he or she.
If a girl calls another girl my girlfriend in a platonic sense, she is doing so to clarify that her friend is female; just saying friend
If a girl calls another girl my girlfriend in a platonic sense, she is doing so to clarify that her friend is female; just saying friend
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CharmYouIt sounds sooooo lez!'Lez' is generally considered rather disparaging, even offensive.
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fivejedjon CharmYouIt sounds sooooo lez!'Lez' is generally considered rather disparaging, even offensive.I'm sorry I didn't know.
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