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Interventizio Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Chick

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Is the term chick referred to girls unconditionally offensive or just if you want it to be so?
  

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It's not particularly offensive, but it is slang. Also, for every girl who will not get offended by the use of the term, you are guaranteed to find one who will. So you might want to avoid using it in any setting that is not an exclusively male one.

— Xerxes

  • It's not particularly offensive, but it is slang.
  • Also, for every girl who will not get offended by the use of the term, you are guaranteed to find one who will.
  • So you might want to avoid using it in any setting that is not an exclusively male one.
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It's not particularly offensive, but it is slang. Also, for every girl who will not get offended by the use of the term, you are guaranteed to find one who will. So you might want to avoid using it in any setting that is not an exclusively male one.
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Thanks. Yes I meant to use it for male-to-male conversations only.
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InterventizioThanks. Yes I meant to use it for male-to-male conversations only.
Then I'd say that's fine. As long as the man you're talking to is not your boss or the father of the woman you're dating, I don't see anything questionable about this. However, opinions may vary!
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Lady Gaga tells Tony Bennett that she's a chick and a trump in a song by Rogers and Hart.
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