mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON) (01/15/85)
I have asked this question, got no response, so I'll try again: WHAT THE HELL IS AN SO??? It's kinda tough trying to catch up on the latest social mores if you have no idea what the others are talking about. Unless this is is a plot.... What, me paranoid? Naah... Marcel Simon ..!mhuxr!mfs
rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams) (01/16/85)
In article <197@mhuxr.UUCP> mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON) writes: >I have asked this question, got no response, so I'll try again: > > WHAT THE HELL IS AN SO??? I didn't respond because I figured everyone else would :-) [smiley-face] Maybe this time everyone else will and we'll be deluged with answers - none in agreement! SO - Significant Other MOTOS - Member Of The Opposite Sex MOTSS - Member Of The Same Sex MOTAS - Member Of The Appropriate (?) Sex BTW - By The Way WRT - With Regard To wombat - cuddly animal - net mascot chuqui - ditto :-) -- rod williams ------------------------------------------- [decvax!decwrl!amdcad!dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw]
rat@astrovax.UUCP (Stephen J. Ratcliff) (01/18/85)
> I have asked this question, got no response, so I'll try again: > > WHAT THE HELL IS AN SO??? > SO = Significant Other [person in your life] i.e. generic term for wife, husband, lover, boyfriend, etc. MOTOS = Member Of The Opposite Sex MOTSS = Member Of The Same Sex MOTAS = Member Of The Appropriate Sex Happy reading....
wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (01/19/85)
Though we all know that "SO" stands for "significant other", and is used to avoid such constructions as "spouse/lover/roommate/date", I do wonder a bit about the way people use it myself. Does "SO" mean "sexual partner", without exception? That is, if your posting refers to "my SO at work", are you saying explicitly and specifically that you are referring to a coworker you have sex with? Or would it include "platonic" relationships, or simply friendships? I've been reading the sexual aspect in-between-the-lines everytime I see "SO"; have I been wrong or right in that assumption? Will
seifert@mako.UUCP (Snoopy) (01/22/85)
In article <7519@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes: >Though we all know that "SO" stands for "significant other", and is used to >avoid such constructions as "spouse/lover/roommate/date", I do wonder a >bit about the way people use it myself. > >Does "SO" mean "sexual partner", without exception? NO! NO! NO! It implies some level of romantic involvement, it does not imply sex. (it doesn't imply that sex is absent, either) We have plenty of words which imply sex, lets not corrupt "SO". We need a "word" which doesn't imply sex. SO works well. from the USENET expert on "puppy love", _____ |___| the Bavarian Beagle _|___|_ Snoopy \_____/ tektronix!mako!seifert \___/
raston@rabbit.UUCP (01/22/85)
That's funny. The phrase I've been hearing lately is SE, for Spouse Equivelant. I think that it's not quite what is meant by SO, but is a useful acronym in itself. What do you all think. ===== rabbit!raston (we don't get mail)
ag5@pucc-k (Henry Mensch) (01/24/85)
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>Does "SO" mean "sexual partner", without exception?
I don't think so ... I take SO ("Significant Other") literally;
thus Kathy can be a SO for me, but not a sexual partner (indeed, it's
kinda impossible in this case: she's getting married next month and I'm
gay)...
Of course, when I am in a relationship with another guy, then
he can be a SO and the sexual aspect can be present ...
The whole idea of a SO is indeed very fuzzy ... Maybe we can
"define" it here?
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