A simple, non-offensive question for the females among us

[OC]

Which do you prefer?

Chicks
Girls
Women
Babes
Honeys
Ladies

The topic aside, I will not use "females".

Well?

-OC

[ArkiStan]

Originally posted by overclocked
Which do you prefer?


Chicks



I don't think so....

[styleee]

well, it usually depends on the context.

but using babes or honeys is never right. ever.

and i think chica is nice. :)

[DoPeY5007]

I call them chicks


I know I piss some off, but oh well, not like I was trying to get with them any how

[OC]

Originally posted by styleee
well, it usually depends on the context.

but using babes or honeys is never right. ever.

and i think chica is nice. :) Ok, thank you. Also, understand that I don't mean it disrespectully (is that a word?)

-OC

[hapoo]

wow, where do you live OC??


Chica means girl in spanish

[Nanotech9]

so why is it ok for girls to call each other babes....?

[welfareloser]

a person's attitude may be offensive regardless of the terminology they choose. chick or babe can be wonderful and cute and funny coming from the right person, and even woman or girl can be horrendously offensive coming from the wrong person. so i never care, 'cept that female sounds all clinical. "that female appears to be in good reproductive health." blech.

[styleee]

Originally posted by Nanotech9
so why is it ok for girls to call each other babes....?

i dont' think i've ever called another girl a babe. that is just silly.

[welfareloser]

oh, and non-offensive my patookus. i'm offended. cuz that's my job.

[mojo]

Originally posted by overclocked
Which do you prefer?

Chicks
Girls
Women
Babes
Honeys
Ladies

The topic aside, I will not use "females".

Well?

-OC holy incomplete list, OC!

you forgot:

bitches
hos
ho-bags
tarts
hummina-humminas
dykes
lesbos

and a few others that i won't mention for personal safety reasons

*disclaimer: mojo does not use any of the appended terms. he prefers to use the terms "ladies, "girls," or "women" depending on the audience.

[Kim]

I've never called another girl "babe" either. I guess it doesn't so much matter what you call us as much as the way you say it. Personally I like "ladies"

[welfareloser]

i thought hummina-humminas belonged on the same list as tatas and melons... :hmm:

[Nanotech9]

all the girls i know (especially my friend Karis) will use babe in this manner (like when seeing someone fir the first time in a year or so...)

"Hey babe, how've you been?"

i donno... it sounds weird when i explain it, but it sounds completely normal when she says it..

[OC]

Originally posted by welfareloser
oh, and non-offensive my patookus. i'm offended. cuz that's my job. You have a patookus? I'm shocked! :hihi:

No, really... What non-offensive term can guys use to refer to women?

-OC

[mojo]

Originally posted by Kim
Personally I like "ladies" you too, huh :naughty:

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by Nanotech9
all the girls i know (especially my friend Karis) will use babe in this manner (like when seeing someone fir the first time in a year or so...)

"Hey babe, how've you been?"

i donno... it sounds weird when i explain it, but it sounds completely normal when she says it..

i know girls who do it, like my fiance's neighbor brenda. and nodamnedsense's sister. i think maybe it's a southern thing (they're from georgia and kentucky, respectively) not that others don't do it too...

i guess i tend to use girls for people that i feel are in my peer group, cuz even with motherhood and a divorce under my belt, i still don't feel like an adult (i think it will take losing inches to osteoporosis before that sets in)

[mojo]

Originally posted by Nanotech9
so why is it ok for girls to call each other babes....? the same reason it's ok for black people to call each other...you know...

[Kim]

Originally posted by mojo
you too, huh :naughty:


:eek: I need to think about how what I say is going to sound before I say it. Oops!:P

[Hiro]

I may not be female, but I prefer to call them Women.

[jujubees]

Originally posted by overclocked
Which do you prefer?

Chicks
Girls
Women
Babes
Honeys
LadiesDo you mean in a collective sense (A group of women) or when you address us (Hey woman, what's up?)?

[Nanotech9]

how about "Gals"

depending on if you knwo them or not, and maybe a slightly more southern term.

[OC]

Originally posted by jujubees
Do you mean in a collective sense (A group of women) or when you address us (Hey woman, what's up?)? Collectively. In person, until I know you VERY well, I'll call you by your name.

-OC

[jujubees]

Originally posted by overclocked
Collectively. Women.

Maybe "girls" if not used in a derogatory manner.

[Cantacuzene]

I usually call girls chicks to there face and they don't mind. Maybe its a regional thing. In the south it doesn't seem like a big deal.

[oblongmelon]

Ladies is fine. Thank you for asking.

[OC]

Originally posted by Cantacuzene
I usually call girls chicks to there face and they don't mind. Maybe its a regional thing. In the south it doesn't seem like a big deal. Yeah, I'll buy the regional thing. Here in Seattle, women take offense at the drop of a hat.

-OC

[Speedfreak]

Originally posted by overclocked
Ok, thank you. Also, understand that I don't mean it disrespectully (is that a word?)


Originally posted by hapoo
wow, where do you live OC??


Chica means girl in spanish

I think he might have been asking if what he wrote is a word. ;)
"disrespectully"

[hapoo]

Originally posted by Speedfreak




I think he might have been asking if what he wrote is a word. ;)
"disrespectully"



Doh! Boy do i look stupid (is that a word?)

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by hapoo




Doh! Boy do i look stupid (is that a word?)

doh is in the dictionary now, isn't it?

(and it's st00pid.)

[mojo]

Originally posted by overclocked
Yeah, I'll buy the regional thing. Here in Seattle, women take offense at the drop of a hat.

-OC where'd you drop the hat

[coleslaw]

Call 'em "gentlewomen" :P

[Apex]

boss

[mojo]

Originally posted by Apex
boss bruce springsteen reference. you're a brave man.

[jujubees]

Originally posted by mojo
you're a brave man. Or a http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s2/otn/happy/zzwhip.gif man.

;)

[mojo]

Originally posted by jujubees
Or a http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s2/otn/happy/zzwhip.gif man.

;)

http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s2/kao/otn/cat.gifhttp://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s2/otn/happy/zzwhip.gif

[Jenny]

Originally posted by mojo


http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s2/kao/otn/cat.gifhttp://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s2/otn/happy/zzwhip.gif


:heh:

Ladies is good, like if a guy comes up to a group of women and says, "How are you today, ladies?"

I don't like to be called chick. It just seems kinda derogatory. We aren't a barnyard animal, for crying outloud. Babe is ok, girl is ok.

[Grimm]

Call 'em whatever they deserve. If they act like ladies, then call them ladies. If they act like psycho-bitches, I call them psycho-bitches. If they don't like it tell them that their behavior decides theri tilte and they will need to change their behavior for you to change what you call them.

If they don't like what you call them they will most likely leave you alone, which is probably the objective to begin with.

[Jihforce]

I call them "girls"

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by Jihforce
I call them "girls"

probably expecially appropriate for your age.

the only time i dislike girls is when a guy in an office refers collectively to secretaries as "girls," (not at all nice to use a casual term in a business setting, it's a lack of respect, regardless of age) or worse yet, "my girl," as in "i'll make my girl take care of it," "i'll send my firl out for coffee." urgh.

[Merlin]

Originally posted by DarkFury
Honey Dips...




My new favorite.

[aznaphrodite]

I prefer "ladies" since...

"I'm not girl, not yet a woman"! ;)

I think chicks, babes, and honeys would be the most offensive out of your list. You can't really go wrong with ladies.

[Memo]

What if we collectively refer to you as "Tail"?

[Jenny]

Originally posted by UT Memo
What if we collectively refer to you as "Tail"?

Does that mean we can collectively refer to the men as dicks? (Oh, maybe I shouldn't put that word. Oops, too late. ;) )

:heh:

[molecularfire]

Why call them anything. Just walk up to the group and say hey, how's it going. As for individuals, I kinda agree with Grimm. If they act like ladies, call them ladies. If they are young, call them girls. If they are psycho-bitches, just don't call them. :D

[Jihforce]

Originally posted by welfareloser


probably expecially appropriate for your age.


what's THAT supposed to mean? :|



the only time i dislike girls is when a guy in an office refers collectively to secretaries as "girls," (not at all nice to use a casual term in a business setting, it's a lack of respect, regardless of age) or worse yet, "my girl," as in "i'll make my girl take care of it," "i'll send my firl out for coffee." urgh.

And yeah, I kind of agree that its inappropriate to call women "girls" in a professional environment. I would refer them as "ladies" in that type of scenerio.

In any case, I only use the term 'girls' to refer to women who are close to me. Some of my friends don't like to be called "chick" because its not exactly PC. Calling them "women" sometimes makes them sound old. And "ladies" its either too formal or makes them feel old.

[LPMiller]

I've always been fond of broads.


It's all context. It is irrelevant what you are a called by someone you don't give a rats butt about.

I was in texas for 6 months many years ago, and everyone was darlin'. To this day, I find myself saying that to wymen, but no one has ever bitched yet. Of course, there are certain chicks I wouldn't do that with, cause dem broads is mean. Those dolls ain't got no sense of style. Girlies is like that, I guess.


Seriously, I've used doll and darlin', but again, it's the context. The ones I do it with are good friends, and seem to like it. I wouldn't do it to some stranger I don't know. Her I'd call dame.

[mojo]

Originally posted by Jenny
I don't like to be called chick. It just seems kinda derogatory. We aren't a barnyard animal, for crying outloud. Babe is ok, girl is ok. i was wondering why you didn't call it "chicks got deals"



on another note, there's this girl at the local lenny's that sometimes waits on me (when i'm there, dammit...not at home :hihi: ). she calls everyone "hun" (short for hunny, i'm thinkin...since she couldn't possibly know about my stint as attila). anyhow, i always wondered how i'd feel under those circumstances if someone i was seeing called everyone that...all of a sudden "hun" would lose its luster. my ex-wife called me "hun" (before she changed my name to "ass") and it was fine.

[leemaj]

our school mascot is the eagle....a bunch of sophomore girls have shirts that say Eagle Chicks on them, and they wear them to the school sporting events.

[Ladogaboy]

Well, when I come up to a group, it's either ladies or guys (I consider guys to be gender neutral, and if they don't like it, I fall in line with Grimm).

But, when at all possible, I prefer to use proper names.

[molecularfire]

You remember people's proper names??? :eek:

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by molecularfire
You remember people's proper names??? :eek:

It's my job!!! :hihi:

[El Scorcho]

Originally posted by Jenny


Does that mean we can collectively refer to the men as dicks? (Oh, maybe I shouldn't put that word. Oops, too late. ;) )

:heh:

yes, and since we refer to you as chicks, you can refer to us as cocks (roosters)




:P

[mojo]

Originally posted by El Scorcho


yes, and since we refer to you as chicks, you can refer to us as cocks (roosters)




:P but i don't...so should i be (unfairly) included?

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by Jihforce


what's THAT supposed to mean? :|



i thought you were fairly young... if i'm wrong, oopsie.

[johnnymk]

Everyone is a "Honey" or "Hon" at all of the diners around here. I guess those terms are gender neutral.
To me, that's trailer trash lingo.

[Jihforce]

Originally posted by welfareloser


i thought you were fairly young... if i'm wrong, oopsie.

Its alright :) I'm about your age actually. So that makes us young huh? :P