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From: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: net.motss,net.nlang,net.social,net.singles
Subject: term for SO's relatives
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Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 18:59:42 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  4 18:59:42 1985
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If relations through marriage are "in-laws" how about calling
relations through cohabitation "out-laws". For example,
my friend Mark could refer to his sister's lesbian lover as
his sister-out-law.
-- 


Rob Bernardo, San Francisco, California
{nsc,ucbvax,decwrl,amd,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!rob

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