[Ads-l] bossy pants/bossypants

[Nancy Friedman]

Tina Fey proudly (or ironically) chose “Bossypants” as the title of her
2011 comic memoir.

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 11:27 AM Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is the phrase inherently sexist? A guy would just be called bossy; a woman
> is called bossypants.
> DanG
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> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 11:24 AM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Not in the OED or Merriam-Webster.
> >
> > Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bossy_pants <
> > https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bossy_pants>) has labeled as informal.
> >
> > The Spectator, vol 256, apparently 1986, has it twice
> > https://tinyurl.com/yytg8xcm <https://tinyurl.com/yytg8xcm>
> >
> > ###
> > Having quite successfully built up the impression of Mrs Thatcher as a
> > petulant bossy pants who cannot bear to lose even on a single relatively
> > minor issue…
> >
> > When people understand what [Mrs Thatcher] is up to, they regard her as a
> > great leader; when they don’t, she is a bossy pants.
> > ###
> >
> > Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
> > Formerly of seattle, WA
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