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December 1964

Distaff Definitions

A typically misguided male proposes that the ladies adopt a new language

FOR an organization that's supposed to be really cooperative in the coed department, AA is certainly missing a big bet in its overly male vocabulary. Yessir, the whole lexicon of our (squeezed) Grapes of Wrath has the tinge of the locker room; the boudoir note is all but unknown. I submit a random choice of words and phrases pertinent to tosspot living which, though incomplete, bears out my point:

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