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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: net.singles acronym definitions...
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Date: Wed, 5-Sep-84 09:39:04 EDT
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I'm getting a lot of flak for noting that "motas" means
"a female motos".  It seems that the prevailing net use is
as the acronym "member of the appropriate sex", i.e., a
generic SO.  I'm pretty sure this was not the original
meaning, though, since there are all kinds of ways to
designate a non-sex-specific significant other, like "SO".
There aren't, however, many other good ways to say "boyfriend"
or "girlfriend" without the age/sexism implicit in those terms.
"Motos" and "motas" fit the bill, so I use them as I originally
noted.  Perhaps Chuq could update the netiquette document to
reflect this.
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