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From: seifert@mako.UUCP (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: net.social
Subject: Re: What is an SO??
Message-ID: <528@mako.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 22-Jan-85 11:46:19 EST
Article-I.D.: mako.528
Posted: Tue Jan 22 11:46:19 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 24-Jan-85 07:19:21 EST
References: <197@mhuxr.UUCP> <7519@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Reply-To: seifert@mako.UUCP (Snoopy)
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Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm
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Keywords: love sex "SO"
Summary: 

In article <7519@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes:
>Though we all know that "SO" stands for "significant other", and is used to
>avoid such constructions as "spouse/lover/roommate/date", I do wonder a 
>bit about the way people use it myself.
>
>Does "SO" mean  "sexual partner", without exception?

NO! NO! NO!

It implies some level of romantic involvement, it does not imply sex.
(it doesn't imply that sex is absent, either)

We have plenty of words which imply sex, lets not corrupt "SO".
We need a "word" which doesn't imply sex. SO works well.

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