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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: SO what?
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Date: Thu, 28-Jun-84 23:07:44 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 28 23:07:44 1984
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>>	...  We should probably go for life-mate
>> or love-mate or soul-mate or just mate.  SO's are your friends.
>
>Well, 'mate' sort of implies certain, er, "activities" which
>may or may not be occuring.  (unless prefixed with something,
>e.g. "office-mate".  "room-mate" is sort of ambigous)
>
>perhaps "CF" (Current Flame) ?
>
>AT (Affection Trader) ? (person with whom I trade affection)
>
>RO (Romantic Other) ?
>
>MOTOS-friend?  (the net.motss crowd may use MOTSS-friend or MOTAS-friend)

*SIGH!* Why do we need acronyms and cute names? Why can't we simply call a
friend a friend and a lover a lover?

(Not afraid to call a spade a shovel, I'm:)

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