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- Why does coed only mean female coeducational students?
Cornell University, one of the first universities to embrace coeducation, became a coed institution in 1870 In a 2005 book by Margaret A Lowe titled Looking Good: College Women and Body Image, 1875-1930, the author explains using first-hand accounts by the pioneering "coeds" of the time:
- coed - can this be used for anything? [closed]
‘Coed’ is a contraction of ‘coeducation’ or ‘coeducational’, specifically referring to the teaching of males and females together ( See Merriam-Webster ) In the present-day this might seem a redundant term
- etymology - Origin of cooter meaning vagina - English Language . . .
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- How did the word beaver come to be associated with vagina?
Jonathon Green's sources (as cited in Brian Hooper's answer) notwithstanding, the limerick that appears in Immortalia: An Anthology of American Ballads, Sailors' Songs, Cowboy Songs, College Songs, Parodies, Limericks, and Other Humorous Verses and Doggerel (1927) runs as follows:
- Pronunciation of cwm – kuːm vs kʊm - English Language Usage . . .
Cwm Rhondda, Pobol y Cwm, Cwm-coed-Aeron, Glascwm, and Blanyscwm All of these pronunciations sound closer to kʊm than to kuːm to me (Although note that even in English, the pronunciation of ʊ varies between dialects, and I suspect it also does in Welsh) –
- What is a feminine version of guys?
From all the answers, it's clear that using a masculine term (eg "guys") is considered sexist (see Leopd's comment), and using a feminine term (eg "gals") is also considered sexist (see The Raven's answer)
- Is a certification “gotten”, “earned”, or “obtained”?
According to the COED, certification means an official document attesting a fact, in particular: • a document recording a person’s birth, marriage, or death: a birth certificate • a document confirming that someone has reached a certain level of achievement in a course of study or training: a university-accredited certificate
- Is the word management singular or plural? [duplicate]
However, it is noteworthy that the COED allows for the word to be regarded as plural: [treated as singular or plural] the people managing a company or organization, regarded collectively: management were extremely cooperative
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