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  1. errors - Chairman, chairwoman or chairperson? - English Language ...

    In Britain it has largely become a matter of taste and personal preference as to which of chairman, chairperson, or chair are used. Chairwoman would be unusual unless it were of an organisation …

  2. A young lady walks home from a friend's house. After 2 ... - Socratic

    A young lady walks home from a friend's house. After 2 minutes she is 0.8 miles from home. After 12 minutes she is 0.3 miles from home. What is her walking speed in miles per hour? Algebra

  3. single word requests - Female equivalent of "fellow" - English …

    If sistren is the female equivalent of brethren, what is the female equivalent of fellow? Words usually paired are: guy/gal; man/woman; boy/girl; lad/lass; brethren/sistren; fraternity/sorority; b...

  4. A lady bought 280 feet of rope. If she cut the rope into 8 ... - Socratic

    A lady bought 280 feet of rope. If she cut the rope into 8 pieces that were equal in length, how long is one piece of rope? Prealgebra

  5. What do you call the male equivalent to Cougar (woman)?

    Jul 3, 2024 · What is the male equivalent to the term "cougar"? Clarifying ... The term "cougar" describes an older woman seeking younger men. So a male equivalent would be an older man seek...

  6. What is a female or gender neutral form of gentleman that relays the ...

    Most of the answers are missing the whole point of this question: Gentleman retains connotations of respect that Lady has largely lost, so is there a current conversational way of referring to a female …

  7. single word requests - Is there an opposite gender for "lady ...

    Jul 19, 2023 · Idiomatically, it is gentleman. Lady comes from an Old English compound noun meaning roughly "loaf kneader," whereas lord comes from a compound noun meaning "loaf keeper" or "loaf …

  8. "Gentleman" is to "male" as what is to "female"? [duplicate]

    For males, it's gentleman; and for females?@rbhattarai Sometimes "real lady" means "having female organs" in addition to identifying as female. Pretty much anything involving gender is a wide, deep …

  9. etymology - "Look, lady", "Listen, lady" – lady as a pejorative ...

    Jun 2, 2023 · I tried searching Google Ngram Viewer for "Look lady" and "Listen lady", both capitalized so as to occur at the start of a sentence, with the hope that these ngrams would reflect the usage of …

  10. single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 18, 2014 · There were a slew of Hollywood remakes of Japanese horror films that featured a similar ghost archetype. The most notable examples are (warning, links are images of examples) The Ring …