Hey, all you chicks out there!

[MissTaken]

Chick?

Hearing a man refer to a woman as a chick is like finger nails gliding across my mental chalk board.


To me, it is highly disrespectful and reduces a woman to the mere status of a farm critter. A cute critter, but a dumb critter.

What are other terms that grate on your nerves?

And, in all fairness, what should we be referred to?


To all the lit men, please, share your terms of woe and terms of endearment as well!

 

[Guest]

words for 'woman'

air head
angel
associate
awesome
babe
baby
bag
ball and chain
battle ax
barbie
barracuda
beauty
bed warmer
better-half
betty
bimbo
bird
bitch
boss
bride
broad
buddy
bunkie
bunny
chick
chumpy
cunt
dame
darling
dear
dish
doll
dominatrix
enchantress
eye candy
female
fox
friend
gal
girl
goddess
god's gift
hag
hide
honey
hooker
hosemaster
hussy
jane
jaws
lady
lass
lover
madamoiselle
maddam
man eater
matron
mother
mrs.

minx
miss
mistress
muse
old lady
one night stand
partner
piece of meat
poetess
precious
princess
siren
sister
slutspinster
split tail
squaw
squeeze
strumpet
sweetheart
tart
the ex
tramp
trollop
venus
virgin
vixen
wench
whore
wife
witch
woman

 

[Starblayde]

oh for fuck's sake

damn password-non-recognition and username non-entry properly....

and no i didn't type all that out...

 

[Guest]

Ya know MissTaken, it may just depend on my mood. Or who's calling me chick or girl. The tone and meaning behind it is what I tend to focus on, mostly.

 

[Black_Bird]

Is babe alright? and Hon? It's sort of a thing here in Baltimore... Ask Perks.

Calling men "Guy," as in "Hey, guy, how are you doing?"

 

[perks]

what, hon?lol

yeah that's big here. It still amuses me.

endearments I'm not fond of,

darling<darlin' is fine, especially with a draaaawl>
dear <dearest is different>

those two just irk me.

 

[MissTaken]

Is babe alright? and Hon? It's sort of a thing here in Baltimore... Ask Perks.

Calling men "Guy," as in "Hey, guy, how are you doing?"

Babe is okay for me, if I know the person. IF it is a rather gratuitous "babe", it irks me.

Hon? I use it all the time. Is that okay from a gal?

 

[penguindance]

 

[ARaynes]

Two of my least favorite is when someone calls a woman a "twat" or "cunt." Those are horrible. Just can't stand them. I would rather be called a slut or whore!

But if we are looking for a good name then Women or Girls would be fine with me. Chicks (or chics) just don't suit me. Though Darling and Babe are more airheaded for me.

Picky aren't I?

 

[Black_Bird]

Babe is okay for me, if I know the person. IF it is a rather gratuitous "babe", it irks me.

Hon? I use it all the time. Is that okay from a gal?

I usually use "babe" when I'm worried about the person... "Are you alright, babe?"

Yeah - it's cool when a chick says hon.

 

[MissTaken]

Yes, stranger...

And I don't really understand why.

Perky?

I like darlin' and dear.
Dear is especially nice for me from an older man.
(Something else I don't understand....)


It irks me also, to see guys calling each other "dude."

 

[Horny Hippie Girl]

The most obnoxious thing I have ever heard was a term used to describe a vagina...AX WOUND! Is that not utterly repulsive!?!

 

[MissTaken]

The most obnoxious thing I have ever heard was a term used to describe a vagina...AX WOUND! Is that not utterly repulsive!?!

I have never heard that before.


Excuse me as I go lose my dinner!

Argh! That is awful!

 

[Black_Bird]

Two of my least favorite is when someone calls a woman a "twat" or "cunt." Those are horrible. Just can't stand them. I would rather be called a slut or whore!

T'wat is the egyptian underworld... where the dead go to be judged. Quite symbolic, I think.

 

[MissTaken]

I usually use "babe" when I'm worried about the person... "Are you alright, babe?"

Yeah - it's cool when a chick says hon.

I like that!


Hmmm been a long time since I have heard it, though.

 

[AzureAngel]

Chick used to offend me a great deal until a number of women around me started using it an awful lot - then it just slipped into the verbage. I have a tendency to use it in a negative light, still. As in, "Some chick walked into a wall."

Other terms of endearment... depends on how they're used. I had a roommate this last year who constantly said "Babe" and "Baby." It's fine in it's rightful place, but this was CONSTANT. The end of almost every sentence. When she was yelling at him, it would be:

Pause. "B...Babe... No... Babe..." Pause. "Ba... Baby! Aw.. Babe... hey..." Pause. "BABE!"

That got on my nerves. Yes.

 

[InnocentAngel81]

I havent thought of one that really bugged me yet

 

[BigDawg69]

I think it all depends on the person saying the word and the vocal inflection or intonation used. I'm not I could blame the word itself, just the person using the word.

 

[Fly_On_Wall]

I call most any femail girl
I've heard from some that they don't like it but I've grown up my whole life useing that term it's something that just comes out.

no matter how old they are.

 

[MissTaken]

What I am learning from this thread is that we have many diverse opinions on the matter.


So, is a man supposed to be comfortable and politically correct in his gender terminology?

Well, asking is a good thing, but could be awkward in the beginning of a friendship.

 

[riff]

I'll never call you a chick, I guess.

 

[Black_Bird]

What it all comes down to isn't what is said, but what is meant. A guy could refer to you as "some chick," and make you feel like merely a peice of meat, where as the guy that says "Hey, you are one kick-ass chick; can I lick your boot?" might make you feel differently. Am I right?

 

[Ebonyfire]

At my age

if a man calls me a chick I just laugh until I pee. Which at my age is very easy to do!

Ebony <Who is laughing...oops gotta go pee! Damn I hate when that happens!>

 

[Bluesboy2]

Being that I am from the south

And my mother raised me with some manners, I use "Ma'am" if I am not familiar with you, "Dahlin" in my natural Texas drawl if you are a friend, and "Delicious" if you are a special friend and we are alone. If these are unacceptable please advise me so I can be respsctful when adressing a lady

 

[lilminx]

I use the word "chick" all the time, referring to myself and to other women. It doesn't bother me when others use it either.

As someone said before, it really depends more on the person saying the word and how they're saying it, more than the word itself.