• mle@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    That may be but if they would shorten “female soldier”, wouldn’t they refer to her as “a soldier” and not “a female”?

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      Yes, we heard “that is just a soldier” as well. They just didn’t like the terms lady or woman, you had to use “female”.

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        it’s an adjective, not a noun. but I hear it everywhere, mostly on newscasts and other broadcasts. so I just call em ‘broads’ (/s)