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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: net.singles acronym definitions...
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Date: Mon, 3-Sep-84 13:19:24 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  3 13:19:24 1984
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The etymology of "motas" is not directly acronymic.  Motos = member
of the opposite sex, but the "-os" suffix in Romance languages is
a masculine ending.  The corresponding feminine suffix is "-as".
Thus, "motas" to designate a female significant other.

I have always found the "o" for "opposite" much too antagonistic,
preferring "complementary".  Although "motcs" is harder to pronounce,
it does permit the shorthand "mot(cs)^2" for "significant other in
the same line of work."
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