- Was man a gender-neutral word in common usage at some point?
Etymonline comments: Specific sense of "adult male of the human race" (distinguished from a woman or boy) is by late Old English (c 1000); implying that "man" was used in a purely non-gendered way before then
- expressions - If an adult gets kidnapped, would it still be considered . . .
If an adult gets kidnapped, would it still be considered "kid"napping? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 11 years, 2 months ago Modified 11 years, 2 months ago
- Adult swim出过哪些作品？ - 知乎
adult swim的 informercials 系列挺好看的，是一系列很有意思的广告类短片，里面我非常喜欢的是 mulchtown，你可以在YouTube或者百度直接搜到。
- abbreviations - What do CI, CIM, CID, CIB mean? - English Language . . .
I was talking to a friend about a girl, and he mentioned that “She can pretty much CI anything, CIB, CIM or CID ” I’m wondering what these mean The context was sexual experience Sorry if I missed
- Adult children? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"Adult children" comes from "adult children of alcoholics", but now has broader reference to adults who were abused emotionally, physically or sexually in childhood
- Trying to understand the nuances between ox, steer and bullock
American English: an adult animal of the cattle family, esp a male that has had its sexual organs removed (here "castrated" is qualified with "especially") Further, Wikipedia describes an ox as: An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal or riding animal
- What is the word for an adult who is not mature?
What term can be used for an adult, especially a man, who is in his forties and still behaves like a teenager, shunning responsibilities typical of mature people, preferring to enjoy himself?
- Is there a word to describe mature or adult plants?
I know that adult is most often used to describe a mature human-being, and that mature is a broader usage word, describing everything form animals to cheese Also that a young tree is a sapling is there an equivalent word for a mature plant, tree or shrubbery?
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