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The opposite of Tom Boy? "Sissy Girl"?

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Bun Mui

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Aug 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/21/98
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What is the English usage to use as the opposite of "Tom Boy"?

"Sissy Girl"?

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pdraper

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Aug 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/21/98
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I've often heard 'Nancy boy' used.

Bun Mui wrote in message ...


>What is the English usage to use as the opposite of "Tom Boy"?
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>"Sissy Girl"?

Paul Draper
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Perchprism

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Paul wrote:
>From: "pdraper" <pdr...@baig.co.uk>
>Date: 8/21/98 1:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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>I've often heard 'Nancy boy' used.
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>Bun Mui wrote in message ...
>>What is the English usage to use as the opposite of "Tom Boy"?
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>>"Sissy Girl"?

tomboy vs. girlie girl
he-man vs. wimp, wuss, (Casper) milquetoast, Mary, pussy, girlie man (with a
German accent) -- ah, hell -- ask Aman, he has big lists of stuff like this.

Perchprism
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Flocculent

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Aug 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/21/98
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Pdraper <pdr...@baig.co.uk> writes:

"I've often heard 'Nancy boy' used."

I suspect "sissy" is the best direct antonym for "tom boy." "Dandy fop" works,
too.

Flocculent


Skitt

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Aug 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/21/98
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>>Bun Mui wrote in message ...
>>>What is the English usage to use as the opposite of "Tom Boy"?


Actually, the opposite of "tomboy" is "Southern belle".
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N.Mitchum

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Aug 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/21/98
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pdraper wrote:
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> >What is the English usage to use as the opposite of "Tom Boy"?
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> I've often heard 'Nancy boy' used.
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What, though, was asked for? The opposite of "tomboy" as applied
only to girls or women? In that case we'd need a word that
describes a very feminine female, not an effiminate male (for
which there are dozens of names).


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Skitt

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N.Mitchum wrote in message <35DDCA...@mail.lafn.org>...


See my previous post.
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The Ritchie's

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Aug 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/23/98
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"girly man"

Flocculent wrote in message
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>Pdraper <pdr...@baig.co.uk> writes:
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>"I've often heard 'Nancy boy' used."
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