SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Increasingly Significant Issue

[Joanne M. Despres]

It seems to me that "partner" (less formal) and "domestic partner"
(more formal) are the terms of choice for gays, lesbians, and
bisexuals.  I'm not usually the first to catch on to newer trends,
though -- maybe others have a different impression.  To my ears,
those terms sound more to the point and less euphemistically
vague than "companion" and less klutzily p.c. than "significant
other."

Joanne Despres