Another kind of buddy

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:43 PM -0500 6/13/07, Scot LaFaive wrote:
>Any even safer than "sweet tits," though I don't know how common that is.

unless you're addressing a female police
sergeant, in which case I understand the
appropriate term of address is "Sugar Tits".

LH

>I've heard it (and used it for years), and it is also at Urban Dictionary,
>for whatever small amount of worth that is.
>
>Scot LaFaive
>
>>From: Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
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>>Subject: Re: Another kind of buddy
>>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:30:02 -0400
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>>"Ma'am" or "Miss" is probably safer than "Baby" or "Hot Stuff."
>>
>>--Charlie
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>>---- Original message ----
>>>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:18:08 -0400
>>>From: Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM>
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>>>
>>To a woman I tend to use "ma'am" or "Miss".
>>>
>>>-- Mark
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