Terms of endearment
So while wasting time (and getting paid for it) my mind started musing on an add that was playing. In the ad a woman is asking her husband if he had cleaned out the garage yet. The quotes are as follow.
"Honey, did you clean the garage out"
"Not yet dear"
There is more to this irritating add, but i'll leave my gripe about that till later.
Instead I wanted to explore the terms of endearment used in this ad. They are very common terms, and are accompanied by several such terms.
So here are those terms.
1) chick: Use: "That chick is hot". Can anyone explain to me how a term meant for a young attractive woman is the same exact term used for an immature chicken?
2) Bitch: Use: "this is my bitch". So your girlfriend or female acquaintance is in fact a female dog. Why do women allow themselves to be called such?
3) Honey: Use: *see above*. Calling your loved one Bee Spit. This is nice.
4)Babe: Use: "Hey babe, take it easy, you know I love you". Once again we are using a term for a helpless whelp of a being, be it human or animal, to describe a loved one, usually female.
5) Breezy: Use:"Let's get our selves some breezies" I encountered this term when attending college. It was used by hip hoppers when describing picking up some females to go to a party with. Is this some way of saying these women are a breeze to get into bed?
6) Hunk: Use:"that guy's a hunk" The only other time I see the term hunk used is in conjunction with something not so great, eg. "What a hunk of junk" "What a hunk of shit" "this thing is a huge hunk of crap" "your face looks like a hunk of swiss cheese." How in the hell is hunk a positive descriptor?
7) Strapping: Use:"What a strapping young man" Very rarely used, and usually amongst the affluent. This term just throws me for a loop. A bit S&Mish when you really think about it.
8) Dear or deer: Use:"Not yet deer (dear)" MMM, venison. Yes calling your SO or friend a bit of game is quite nice.
My job sometimes bores me to tears, and causes my mind to think of some strange stuff.
"Honey, did you clean the garage out"
"Not yet dear"
There is more to this irritating add, but i'll leave my gripe about that till later.
Instead I wanted to explore the terms of endearment used in this ad. They are very common terms, and are accompanied by several such terms.
So here are those terms.
1) chick: Use: "That chick is hot". Can anyone explain to me how a term meant for a young attractive woman is the same exact term used for an immature chicken?
2) Bitch: Use: "this is my bitch". So your girlfriend or female acquaintance is in fact a female dog. Why do women allow themselves to be called such?
3) Honey: Use: *see above*. Calling your loved one Bee Spit. This is nice.
4)Babe: Use: "Hey babe, take it easy, you know I love you". Once again we are using a term for a helpless whelp of a being, be it human or animal, to describe a loved one, usually female.
5) Breezy: Use:"Let's get our selves some breezies" I encountered this term when attending college. It was used by hip hoppers when describing picking up some females to go to a party with. Is this some way of saying these women are a breeze to get into bed?
6) Hunk: Use:"that guy's a hunk" The only other time I see the term hunk used is in conjunction with something not so great, eg. "What a hunk of junk" "What a hunk of shit" "this thing is a huge hunk of crap" "your face looks like a hunk of swiss cheese." How in the hell is hunk a positive descriptor?
7) Strapping: Use:"What a strapping young man" Very rarely used, and usually amongst the affluent. This term just throws me for a loop. A bit S&Mish when you really think about it.
8) Dear or deer: Use:"Not yet deer (dear)" MMM, venison. Yes calling your SO or friend a bit of game is quite nice.
My job sometimes bores me to tears, and causes my mind to think of some strange stuff.