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WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH

Weren't they weird in the 20's and 30's and 40's calling women Broads, Dames, Molls, GUN MOLL? WHAT IS UP WITH THAT ONE? Any more?

Posted - October 22, 2019
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  • 13277
    I remember women being called broads as recently as the 1970s. When my mom was in college in the 1950s (class of '53, sorority sister of Ruth Bader and classmate of Marty Ginsburg), they were called coeds.
      October 22, 2019 7:38 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Yes, we have had coeds for many a moon, I forgot that it was an antique word till you mentioned it, and I realized I have not heard that term in a long time.  

    WOW about Ruth Bader.  You are interesting after all.  LOL 
      October 22, 2019 7:41 PM MDT
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  • 11111
    Well if I was lady back in those days and somebody called me a broad I'd smack them and say - I ain't  no broad see. Or if  they called me a moll I'd smack them and say - I don't belong to anybody see. Or if they called me a gun moll I'd smack and say - I don't need no shooter see. And I'd do it all because I was a proud dame. Cheers!  
      October 22, 2019 7:56 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    what about hoochie mamma?

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at October 22, 2019 8:00 PM MDT
      October 22, 2019 7:56 PM MDT
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  • 11111
    If they called me that in a very very quiet voice I'd say - hoochie mammas say what? Then when they say - what I'd smack them and say - I'm not a what I'm a dame see. Cheers!
      October 22, 2019 8:25 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    How about toots?  What's up toots? 
      October 22, 2019 8:26 PM MDT
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  • 11111
    Well after all the smacking I would probably have a sore hand so if somebody said - what's up toots I'd say - my foot then I would step on their toes and say - nobody calls this dame toots see. Cheers!
      October 22, 2019 8:38 PM MDT
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  • 11005
    Dolls, tomatoes,skirts
      October 22, 2019 7:59 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    VERRRY GOOD!
      October 22, 2019 8:01 PM MDT
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  • 5391

    How about “dolls”?

    Let’s compare how weird that era seemed next to terms like “bitches” and ”ho’s“ so common in the current vernacular. 
    Don’t think I have as much of a problem with the older ones. 

    Back then guys were ”fellas” and “Joes”, or “mugs”. Nowadays, they‘re ”fools“, “swingin’ di-ks” or
    “muthaf—kas”. 

    Ah, progress. 

      October 22, 2019 7:59 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    It is just another way to say I have no respect for myself or anyone else.  

    Those other words sound just as nasty way back when.  Very derogatory.
      October 22, 2019 8:02 PM MDT
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  • 5391

    I think it’s a difference between making light of others as opposed to outright denigrating them. 

    Respect, dignity and courtesy are fading traditions, I suspect.  

    Just look at who’s running the country, and how they got there. Not much to work with in that example. 

      October 22, 2019 8:12 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Well, I am NOT arguing this point, for sure.  Calling women bitches and ho's is worthy of a slap up the side of the head at the very least.  
    How do you think you are a worthwhile anything when the person you are attached to is a bitch and a ho to you.  How classy and what style.  

    But to call someone a broad to me is revolting.  Sorry.   I think some mob jerk wants to push his girlfriend around.  It's nauseating to me.  
      October 22, 2019 8:17 PM MDT
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  • 6098
    Only among certain groups.  In certain company. Just like some people refer to us as "hoes" and "sluts" now.  Really no difference.  I've never carried a gun nor have I ever been referred to as a "dame" and, well, I am just not very "broad" anyway so I don't fit any of those.  God knows what people have called me behind my back. 
      October 22, 2019 8:44 PM MDT
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