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Subject:RE: OT - Wording of Announcements From:john -at- garisons -dot- com To:"Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> Date:Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:38:56 -0400 (EDT)
Back in the '70s, the US Census used the acronym POSSLQ to describe
Persons of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters. Perhaps that would
suffice, though they did supplant it with "unmarried partners" in the
'90s.
>> From: Suzette Leeming
>
>> In an announcement, how does one refer to significant others
>> when they are
>> not married?
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