I’m only a seppo, so what do I know?  Do Australian guys still use the term “sheila” in referring to girls and women?  Or just women?  How do Australian women feel about the term?  Is it like “babe” or “chick” in American slang (words that are often frowned upon)?
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It's definitely still used but mostly by the older generations. For the younger generations it thus has a slightly negative connotation as a aging woman rather than a young one.
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Significant other! Duh! That's what a guy normally calls a girl, but it could be vice versa. (Why'd you put R.A.P.? It's rap!!!!)
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what people use it for now is calling someone homosexual in a mean way. saying faggot instead of gay is supposed to be meaner. faggot used to mean a bundle of wood. not sure how it went from that to and insult, but whatever.
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In a group setting ladies is not offensive.  Being called "The Old Lady" is.  It is a matter of showing respect, something there is precious little of these days.
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Really, really, freakin', absolutely, pathetically, why-hell-is-it-in-the-Olympics gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\n\np.s. For the person who thought it was sad for you to use the word "gay": the word "gay" has about three usages right now. It either means "happy", "homosexual", or "dumb". The English language and it's slang words always constantly change or have more than one meaning. That's because it's a "living" language.
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I concur it makes us woman <ahhh I don't know the word...It's not militant but... Unrespectful of males!>...it's been around since the Hippies let all that bad stuff outta 'Pandora's Box' <free sex, drugs, avoiding responsibilites, and womanizing>.  It's too late ... asking to take it away would be like taking away all magazines similar to "Playboy"... we can wish, but it's not going to happen.
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A tosser is in essence, a wanker. The act of tossing is just  slang for masturbating via moving your hand up and down up ur penis to achieve orgasm.\n\nIt can be used as an offence when referring to a guy, a more harsh version wanker.\n\nedit: what i described (masturbation section) refers to men only obviously, hence why it doesn't apply to women
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Hi Keesh,\n\nMen love to make up words to descibe both feelings and as you say "female parts", we love the female form so much that there are never enough words to describe the total beauty of your gender.\n\nOur passion for the female form drives us to use, and make, new words.\n\nThe negative that you speak of is the flip side of how we hate things with a passion. We may use the same word but we understand and use them differently depending on the circumstance.\n\nMost of us don't mean any disrespect (of course there are the idiots) when we tell another driver to "Get out of the way you stupid CxxT"\n\nBut when laying in bed with our wives or girlfriends or maybe both, hahaha, and we whisper in your ear how good it feels to be "within" you (and we may use some words that are interchangeable), we are attempting in our feeble male way to express our passion for you (and your sister, hahaha)\n\nJokes aside,\n\nWe are passionate about every part of you, the different words are our comedy relief way of not speaking "Lovingly" about women we don't know.\n\nRod
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Why does everyone think Guido is a dude? Im offended!...Anyway, SHE is so spunky because foolery just brings that out in her. Can't really explain it, he just does something for her! She wonders who he really is..hmmmmm
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It's a testosterone thing. \n\nIt's apparent you're in charge. I've been kicked, slapped called backwater sexist pig, and worse for holding a door open for a woman. I hold the door open for everyone.\n\nI've been called un-chivalrous, rude, and backwater sexist pig for NOT holding a door open for women.\n\nI've also been hit by a girl, and defended myself (when I was younger) and called sexist for hitting a girl. What about equality?\n\nI humbly request that you stop the Door thing, the the attacking, and the "which dress makes me look fatter" things. It just makes you look like whiny little brats. It gives men the illusion that you are too whiny to be in charge.\n\nBasically, it's delusion, testosterone, and not wanting the times to go past 1920 that makes men think they are still in charge.\n\nThere are some enlightened men like me who know what's going on, but there are some like the ones you described who have no clue that y'all have all the power.\n\nI hope this answers your question, Mam, sir, Master, whatever you want to be called.
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Where i come from in the uk a hoe is a tool you use for removing weeds from the soil. We refer to women like this as slags, tarts or whores - just to name a few. You might thimk people from Britain a bit odd- a lot of us are strange-lol.\n\nwomen just pull hair and scratch each other- thats not fighting punching each other is fighting.
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AHAHA.  I am crackin up!!  This is the best  question ever.  I couldn't agree more.  And look at the dude above me who calls you a sexist bastard...a MAN calling you a sexist bastard.  He is obviously a guy who kisses women's asses and feet seeking their approval.  What a pus$y-whipped beeotch.
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Funny question ;-|) Never thought this was international...\nThis is a camaraderie and good-luck gesture. In many countries the bottom is involved in good-luck (in Italy we say "che culo!" = "what an ass!" to remark an exaggerate fact of good luck).\nNot a foreplay (!!!), as you can see it happens when shower are absent, and for all guys.
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It shouldnt be down to the size, it should be what you feel about that person, You and many other males in this world bang on about big women, stating that they are easy lays and that they are up for anything that goes, but how many women do you hear making remarks about a blokes size, whether it be in their pants or just general body size, not many, so why not the male gender take a leaf out of the ladies book and stop being so cruel to women with uncalled for remarks and start being a bit more respectful,
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My friend called his biological mother mum (australian spelling) and his other mother by her name. My other friend raised by two dads did the same.\nAs for the father figure... how many families are there that are single parent families? Millions...its kind of abnormal to have a father figure these days.
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I have no idea.  A word is a word.  We don't get in trouble if we call a woman c*nt, do we?
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I have NEVER understood this one myself Tom. It is rather puzzling. ESPECIALLY the lesbians who swear they HATE men. Then why they bed masculine , manly butch type women?! I think its because at heart, this butch is still a woman. WHether she wears mens clothes, shortens her name to a more gender neutral one or even wears a strap FULL TIME. This WOMAN still has the sensitivity of a woman, the mentality indicative of femininity and still goes through the "womanly" (monthly) things that all Feminine women do.\n\nthey accept them for who they are in their outward apperance because of who they are on the inside! we should all be so lucky as to adapt this way of thinking, huh?\n\nRemember, when we are in our comfort zones, where ever and with WHOM ever that may be, we are our most vulnerable selves. Regardless of the many masks we must wear outside, day 2 day!