Coed

[nq:1]Is this a strictly American alternative for 'female student' ?[/nq]
It was probably strictly American in its day, but its day is gone. That sense, referring to a person, was one of the many things lost without regret in the Great Feminist Revolution of the 1970s.

The word is still used for such things as "coed dormitory," a dormitory that houses both sexes.

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[nq:1]Is this a strictly American alternative for 'female student' ? What do, say, Australians use ?[/nq]
The term has never been used in Australia. Why is there a need to have a special term for "female student" at all? Like actress and usherette, it is anachronistic.
Additinally, it has always struck me as a very strange usage. Why is the girl the co-ed when the whole point of the word i

[nq:1]Is this a strictly American alternative for 'female student' ?[/nq]
1. Yes, it is a strictly American usage.
2. It is also odd because its meaning changed (a centuryago) when colleges changed. Early 19th century colleges were segregated by ***. Only after midcentury did traditionally all-male colleges admit women students, i.e. become coeducational. But the word coed was rapidly tran

[nq:1]The word is still used for such things as "coed dormitory," a dormitory that houses both sexes.[/nq]
"The goal of 'Girls Gone Wild' is to capture the spontaneity of college coeds having fun on Spring Break and other times of leisure." - The producer said.

[nq:2]Is this a strictly American alternative for 'female student' ? What do, say, Australians use ?[/nq]
[nq:1]The term has never been used in Australia. Why is there a need to have a special term for "female ... usage. Why is the girl the co-ed when the whole point of the word is that both sexes are present?[/nq]
Possibly it started at a previously all-male institution?
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[nq:2]The word is still used for such things as "coed dormitory," a dormitory that houses both sexes.[/nq]
[nq:1]"The goal of 'Girls Gone Wild' is to capture the spontaneity of college coeds having fun on Spring Break and other times of leisure." - The producer said.[/nq]
Consider the likely average age of the purchasers of his videos. He may have chosen to speak to them in terms they can

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[nq:2]Is this a strictly American alternative for 'female student' ?[/nq]
[nq:1]It was probably strictly American in its day, but its day is gone. That sense, referring to a person, was ... of the 1970s. The word is still used for such things as "coed dormitory," a dormitory that houses both sexes.[/nq]
I was Googling for an old song (that I couldn't remember the title to, just a few words

[nq:2]It was probably strictly American in its day, but its ... things as "coed dormitory," a dormitory that houses both sexes.[/nq]
[nq:1]I was Googling for an old song (that I couldn't remember the title to, just a few words) to find ... quite been abandoned. An article dated October 30, 2002: "A year later, police still seek clues to coed's disappearance"

[nq:2]The word is still used for such things as "coed dormitory," a dormitory that houses both sexes.[/nq]
[nq:1]"The goal of 'Girls Gone Wild' is to capture the spontaneity of college coeds having fun on Spring Break and other times of leisure." - The producer said.[/nq]
I once saw a number of trailer-trucks emblazoned with Girls Gone Wild in the California State Capitol visitors bus park