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'Mistress' becomes wokemeisters' latest target | |
2021-04-16 | |
[NYPOST] The News Agency that Dare Not be Named Stylebook, which has traditionally set standards for language usage within the media landscape, mystified Twitter users Tuesday when it tweeted a reality-bending, wrist-slapping admonishment. "Don’t use the term mistress for a woman who is in a long-term sexual relationship with, and is financially supported by, a man who is married to someone else. Instead, use an alternative like companion, friend or lover on first reference and provide additional details later," the tweet read. or "Vice President" Of course, goomah is a much better term. Or "popsie." The announcement led many to wonder which mistress had taken control of the account, and what is truly wrong with the word mistress. It also spurred a joke-fest with people tweeting alternatives to mistress, like "side piece" or "homewrecker." NPR news hound Susan Davis tweeted: "His wife probably has some words she’d also like to use to describe her." Author and mathematician James Lindsey wrote: "I call her whatever I want. You call her mom." Cheeky college hoops commentary account @noescalators took the AP’s advice on word substitution, writing: "Rick Pitino and his
... like "gigolo" or "boy toy" or something like that... Then in 2020, the AP grew stronger in its woke feminist convictions, saying it was banning the word because it was "archaic and sexist." "We now say not to use the archaic and sexist term ’mistress’ for a woman in a long-term sexual relationship with, and financially supported by, a man who is married to someone else. Instead, use an alternative like companion or lover on first reference." That led to a round of skewering from media circles. It’s unclear what sparked this latest woke lecture — but mistresses everywhere must be thrilled at the opportunity to rebrand themselves in a more favorable light. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#18 LOL |
Posted by: Frank G 2021-04-16 21:59 |
#17 So I guess I have to keep referring to her as "trim?" Yes, much preferable. |
Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2021-04-16 20:52 |
#16 Come again? That requires an additional marriage, sir. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-04-16 19:44 |
#15 ^😂 |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-04-16 17:55 |
#14 ...so, they're minutemen? |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-04-16 17:48 |
#13 ^Marriage That Lasts for Three Minutes |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-04-16 16:22 |
#12 #7 ^Are they rabbits? Come again? |
Posted by: SteveS 2021-04-16 16:12 |
#11 "Is a Ladies' Man a Person's person?" |
Posted by: magpie 2021-04-16 15:53 |
#10 My Side Bitch's Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun. Sonnet 130, Shakespeare |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-04-16 10:49 |
#9 I always thought Elvira was a Mistress in the "female Master" sense, not in the "side peace of the dark" sense. of course I could be wrong. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2021-04-16 10:11 |
#8 Will Elvira have to change her name? |
Posted by: Warthog 2021-04-16 09:46 |
#7 ^Are they rabbits? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-04-16 09:37 |
#6 In Tehran, You Can Choose a Marriage That Lasts for Three Minutes |
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-04-16 09:35 |
#5 Concubix? |
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-04-16 08:19 |
#4 Concubine? |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-04-16 07:30 |
#3 Also, is it still Okay to call Queen Nancy one of the: |
Posted by: 3dc 2021-04-16 05:49 |
#2 So are terms like Dynamo Humm out in the woke world too? |
Posted by: 3dc 2021-04-16 05:44 |
#1 O Mistress mine where are you roaming? O stay and hear, your true love's coming, That can sing both high and low. Trip no further pretty sweeting. Journeys end in lovers' meeting, Every wise man's son doth know. What is love, 'tis not hereafter, Present mirth, hath present laughter: What's to come, is still unsure. In delay there lies no plenty, Then come kiss me sweet and twenty: Youth's a stuff will not endure. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-04-16 04:40 |