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A study completed in July 2007 by Matthias Mehl of the University of Arizona shows that contrary to popular belief, there is little difference in the number of words used by men and women in conversation. [9] The study showed that on average each gender uses about 16,000 words per day.
After a negative experience at work, a woman discovered a certain word is only ever used to describe female employees.
"Girlboss" is a neologism that denotes a woman "whose success is defined in opposition to the masculine business world in which she swims upstream". [1] [attribution needed] They are described as confident and capable women who are successful in their career, or the one who pursues her own ambitions, instead of working for others or otherwise settling in life.
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. (see "cougar" above) Spinster: A woman who, in her own culture, is single beyond the age at which most people get married.
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.
a woman who knits and gossips; from the women who knitted and sewed while watching executions of prisoners of the French Revolution. trompe-l'œil lit. "trick the eye"; photographic realism in fine-art painting or decorative painting in a home. trou de loup lit. "wolf hole"; a kind of booby trap.