Another kind of buddy

[Scot LaFaive]

>We all want to know:
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>   Just whom do you use it to?

That would be my wife, though I can't say how much she is in love with it. I
don't believe I would use it to address any other female, such as a female
police officer or family member.

Scot LaFaive



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>We all want to know:
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>   Just whom do you use it to?
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>   JL;
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>Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>Any even safer than "sweet tits," though I don't know how common that is.
>I've heard it (and used it for years), and it is also at Urban Dictionary,
>for whatever small amount of worth that is.
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>Scot LaFaive
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> >"Ma'am" or "Miss" is probably safer than "Baby" or "Hot Stuff."
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> >--Charlie
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> > >Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:18:08 -0400
> > >From: Mark Mandel
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> >To a woman I tend to use "ma'am" or "Miss".
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> > >-- Mark
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