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The terms womyn and womxn have been criticized for being unnecessary or confusing neologisms, due to the uncommonness of mxn to describe men. [8] [9] [10]The word womyn has been criticized by transgender people [11] [12] due to its usage in trans-exclusionary radical feminist circles which exclude trans women from identifying into the category of "woman", particularly the term womyn-born womyn.
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Sheng nu: A derogatory Chinese slang term loosely translating to "leftover women", used to describe unmarried older women.(see "Spinster" below) Silver fox: A sexually-attractive or promiscuous older person, typically a woman. (see "cougar" above) Spinster: A woman who, in her own culture, is single beyond the age at which most people get married.
I’m a 6’4” Black man that is dressing up as a woman-alien-thing who is bringing joy to people.” Washington, D.C.-based drag queen Cake Pop! describes herself as a joyful "woman-alien-type ...
The Oxford American English Dictionary defines spinster as "an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage". It adds: "In modern everyday English, however, spinster cannot be used to mean simply 'unmarried woman'; as such, it is a derogatory term, referring or alluding to a stereotype of an older woman who is unmarried, childless, prissy, and repressed."
As a reference to actual women, rather than the stock character, the shrew is considered old-fashioned, [3] [4] and the synonym scold (as a noun) is archaic. [5] The term shrew is still used to describe the stock character in fiction and folk storytelling. [2] None of these terms are usually applied to males in Modern English. [1]
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She is best known as the drummer for the post-hardcore Olympia, Washington band Unwound for a decade until their break up in 2002. Lund was playing for Witchypoo when she joined Unwound in 1992 replacing original drummer Brandt Sandeno. [1] [2] Lund started playing drums in school band and got her first drum set when she was fourteen. [2]