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- Adult children? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"Adult children" comes from "adult children of alcoholics", but now has broader reference to adults who were abused emotionally, physically or sexually in childhood
- expressions - If an adult gets kidnapped, would it still be considered . . .
If an adult gets kidnapped, would it still be considered "kid"napping? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 11 years, 2 months ago Modified 11 years, 2 months ago
- Specific word for grown-up children? [duplicate]
Is there a specific word for adult offspring? If all of your "children" are now in their adulthood, is there a specific word to refer to them?
- Trying to understand the nuances between ox, steer and bullock
American English: an adult animal of the cattle family, esp a male that has had its sexual organs removed (here "castrated" is qualified with "especially") Further, Wikipedia describes an ox as: An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal or riding animal
- Referring to adult-age sons and daughters as children
Is it normal to refer to adult-age sons and daughters of someone as children? A native speaker of Arabic learning English has said that in Arabic, the word for sons and daughters is "أولاد" (awlaa
- What do you call a person who has a relationship with a much younger adult?
cradle-snatcher someone who has a romantic or sexual relationship with a much younger partner (thefreedictionary com) You could try forcing a "neologism" such as juvenophile, but any term with this general sense is likely to be derogatory and or humorous
- What does the acronym CFNM stand for in sexuality? [closed]
I have heard the term "CFNM" being used in sexuality, does anybody know what the term means ? (Note: OP said "CNFM", but another user edited that to "CFNM" ) Actually 'googling' didn't help at all
- What is the difference between man and human?
Sense of "adult male" is late (c 1000); Old English used wer and wif to distinguish the sexes, but wer began to disappear late 13c and was replaced by man Universal sense of the word remains in mankind and manslaughter
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