Reply #197: and there we have it

[iverglas]

"Lady friend" is a perfectly acceptable term when referring to women friends, saying "woman friends" or "female friends" seems stilted or impolite.

It is "stilted" or "impolite" to say WOMAN.

I can think of few things more stilted than calling women LADIES, myself.

And as for it being impolite to call women women -- well, there we are. Kind of my whole point.

"Nice" words have to be used to refer to women. Because being a woman just isn't quite nice.

Do see my post 196. Your demonstration of the entire point is much appreciated.

By the way, "lady friend" is actually a somewhat archaic term used to refer to the object of one's romantic interest. I have never in my life heard someone born since 1950 refer to his "Platonic" female friends collectively as "lady friends". How absurd. And talk about yer stilted ...