Monday? Appetizing!

murphy, I’m so glad your sis will make a full recovery. I liked your post! Didn’t notice any atrocious grammar because I am operating on 2.5 hours of sleep. My mama was a grammar teacher, so I should have noticed, but oh well . . . safe travels!

hi sheila7!

murphy, just glad your sister is gonna make a full recovery great news to hear

repost from downstairs -thanks FL Barbara:

FLBarbara 02.08.10 at 12:31 pm

Help

Please send a message Sen Monserrate must talk a long walk off a short pier.

National Organization for Women-New York State Demands: Expel Monserrate
Politicans Must Stop Playing Games with Women’s Safety

ALBANY, NY (02/07/2010) For a couple of weeks now, rumors have been circulating about the New York State Senate’s upcoming decision to either expel or censure NY State Senator Hiram Monserrate (D), who was recently convicted of misdemeanor assault for slashing his woman friend. Although NYS Senate Conference Leader John L. Sampson (D) has promised a Tuesday, February 9 resolution, he will not say what decision will be resolved.

According to NOW-NYS President Marcia Pappas, “the future of the Democratic Party and women’s safety is in Sampson’s hands.” In view of the fact that Democrats will lose an important Senate seat if they expel Monserrate, Pappas explained: “Democrats can either do what it politically expedient or they can do what is ethically right, by showing the women (and of course all citizens) of New York State that their safety comes first. We hope they will choose the latter.”

In that most rumors predict a decision for censure rather than expulsion, Pappas asks: “Will Senator Sampson give advance warning so that citizens can protest ahead of time? Or will he just spring it on everyone in the form of a ‘privileged resolution’ that needs no committee vote or forty-eight-hour warning?”

Some Republicans are calling for expulsion in their own “privileged resolution.” But such a measure could be voted down and/or the Democratic leadership could easily prevent a floor vote by burying the Republican resolution in a Finance Committee referral.

Pappas concludes that “NOW-NYS believes EXPULSION IS THE ONLY ANSWER.” She adds that “NOW will be holding accountable all Senators who don’t support a vote for expulsion.”
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Contact Senator Sampson: He is the person who will be in charge of allowing the Senate to take a vote!

District Office:
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You know what to say. The message is simple “EXPEL MONSERRATE NOW!”

In Sisterhood and for Equality,
Marcia A.Pappas
President, NOW-NYS

NY Senator Gillibrand said: “Domestic violence has no place in our society, and certainly has no place in the State Legislature. A court of law has found Sen. Monserrate guilty of domestic violence, and I believe he should resign immediately. If he does not resign, then the Senate should move to expel him. We must take a hard line against violence toward women in our society.”

a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts, and retaining a beardless face
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why is this decription relative to the male body as the basis of comparison?

BCL
I do not believe that is true… I do know that I tend to wince when a woman is described as “female”… it just sounds too clinical…

BCL
I’d like to see the defs for males from those two sources… as a basis of comparison.

DWP
I’ll check:

Main Entry: 1male
Pronunciation: \ˈmāl\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French masle, male, adjective & noun, from Latin masculus — more at masculine
Date: 14th century
1 a : a male person : a man or a boy b : an individual that produces small usually motile gametes (as spermatozoa or spermatozoids) which fertilize the eggs of a female
2 : a staminate plant
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/male

2 : having some quality (as gentleness) associated with the female sex
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if one is not gentle, does that mean they are not female?

Thanks Dragonfly for bringing that up here.

I am absolutely astounded that we have to Demand the slasher be removed from office.
Can you imagine if a woman Senator broke a glass in her boyfriends face, then was filmed pulling her down the hallway of apartment by the hair, bloody and screaming,then drove 40 minutes to a hospital out of her district?
My God, if it was a woman who committed this crime of violence we would not be begging to have her removed from office.
He was found guilty in a court even though girlfriend refused to testify.

Women once again under the political bus.

The fact that women have to beg to remove a violent man from office is outrageous to me.

We have a domestic violence hate crime bill up for vote in NY.should the slasher be able to vote on this bill?
He’d be voting to send his and his fellow monsters asses to jail for a long time.
WTF?????

1 a : a male person : a man or a boy b : an individual that produces small usually motile gametes (as spermatozoa or spermatozoids) which fertilize the eggs of a female
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usually flat breasts and a relatively angular body, at least for those who are in good physical condition, otherwise the male body is round and flabby especially in the stomach, gluteous maximus, and chin / neck area. The neck/chin areas are typically indistinquishable due the fat accumulation in that area.
The male will usually have hair growth on the back, chest, fingers and, face. Occassionally they will have hair growth on their palms as well.

murphy 02.08.10 at 1:44 pm
oops, sorry — didnt mean to ignite a dictionary war!
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No warring going on… just curious about how the definitions are framed.

By the way, I used to get furious that the scientific symbol for male was the circle with the bar pointing up to the sky or the mind but the symbol for female was the circle with the bar pointing down toward the body, like the difference was in the body. It still bugs me.

And, as per usual, kat in our hats sums it up nicely.
Thank you.

FLBarbara #26
Oh maaaaaaaaaaaaan!!

kat in your hat
I got one question, woman is also a form of man. Why is that acceptable. Is it cultural. If it is then it can and probably will change over time like the work that needed to be done to get people to stop referring to women as girls. I vote for dropping all the sexual references and the need we seem to have to divide people into one group or another. Just discussing here not arguing.

I am suddenly craving some mac and Cheeeeese.

kat in your hat
Yes, that’s me point – that it’s all in reference to the male, the man. I hate that.

But hating female and being okay with woman only makes sense in the historical fact that the woman’s movement fought for the word woman to replace the word girl to indicate that women were mature ans grownup just like men. But actually woman is no better than female. I want another word tht is not based on the other gender.

John Murtha D PA
Has died age 77

OMG. From his botched gallbladder surgery?

Men come from God and women come from men’s bodies, nevermind all that hocus pocus X-ray, mitochondrial DNA, biology stuff. yucky

DWP
Blast from the past. I was founding member of my locat NOW group in the 70’s and was our sole delegate to the state convention for several years. It was all about consciousness raising and it sure worked for me. Many people could benefit from those sessions today.

To all Pumas
EMBRACE YOUR INNER GIRL. A GIRL-CELL IN ALL OF US!
Also, for those who have not, as yet, had the occasion to visit the TED website I think you may find it educational and rewarding.

May I recommend a great talk by Eve Ensler creator of (The Vagina Monologues )listed below…

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) http://www.ted.com/

http://www.ted.com/talks/eve_ensler_embrace_your_inner_girl.html

In this passionate talk, Eve Ensler declares that there is a girl-cell in us all — a cell that we have all been taught to suppress. She tells heartfelt stories of girls around the world who have overcome shocking adversity and violence to reveal the astonishing strength of being a girl.

BCL, yes, apparently he died after gall bladder surgery.

The males and gays do the same thing. Professional gay male…

Uhhhhh….you play one on tv?

OMG, Murphy. I went back and reread your second paragraph. The first time through I was so focused on the content I missed the grammatical free-for-all, but it’s slapstick level, for sure!

I’m blaming the hospital vigil. Who can type sober?

Here’s hoping they have champagne waiting for you at home…start the b-day celebrating early…

BCL, I don’t know if the death was from complications or negligence. But it’s sad, either way.

Hospitals alone are nearly as much risk as they are godsends these days.

Oh, and we’re due for snow this week, so I was commiserating with your story down below. I would be up for pooling our resources and getting a big PUMA palace in Florida.

I had been looking in Baltimore, close to my family in DC. But they are under 2-plus feet of snow. Even Florida’s orange crop got ice. Maybe we should be thinking Costa Rica??

I’m basing my comments on Murtha’s death on something posted here saying one of his organs (probably intestine) was cut during th surgery, but I haven’t verifed that. Apparently they didn’t know about the injury or they could have stitched it back up. I’m going to look for the full story somewhere. BBL

The OED entry for male:

A. adj.

I. That belongs to the sex which can beget offspring (contrasted with female); characteristic of or relating to this sex.

1. a. Designating the sex or (formerly) kind which can beget, but not bear, offspring.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. vi. 19 Two {th}ou schalt brynge in to {th}e ark, {th}at male sex & female. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xiii. 15, I offer to {th}e lord all {th}at opni{th} wombe of male kynde. ?a1425 (c1380) CHAUCER tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. IV. pr. vi. 167 Thilke same ordre neweth ayein alle thinges growynge and fallynge adoun, by semblable progressions of sedes and of sexes, that is to seyn, male and female. 1530 J. PALSGRAVE Lesclarcissement 318/1 Male of the male kynde, masle. 1598 E. GUILPIN Skialetheia iv. sig. D3, A male-kind sparrow once mistooke his nest, And fled for harbour to faire Liuias breast. 1611 R. COTGRAVE Dict. French & Eng. Tongues, Masculeyté, Manhood, or the male kind. 1681 R. KNOX Hist. Relation Ceylon 41 The Malekind may come and see him, but no Women are admitted. a1682 SIR T. BROWNE Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) v. 119 A smaller bird Tercellene or Tassel of the Masle Sex. 1728 E. CHAMBERS Cycl., Penis, one of the principal Organs of Generation in the Male Kind. 1785 T. JEFFERSON Notes Virginia vi. 132 Whatever be the cause of the disease in the skin.., it seems more incident to the female than male sex. 1859 C. DARWIN Origin of Species iv. 88 But in many cases, victory will depend not on general vigour, but on having special weapons, confined to the male sex. 1891 W. MORRIS News from Nowhere xxvi. 193 Dick..asked them how it was that there was nobody of the male kind to go with them across the water. 1926 C. GRAY in C. Gray & P. Heseltine Carlo Gesualdo I. 46 This musical education and culture was by no means confined to the male sex. 1992 Times 12 Sept. 12/6 Newborn male rats deprived of the male sex hormone testosterone navigate like females.

b. Of human beings, as persons (cf. sense A. 1c). (In early use often as postmodifier, with plural males.)
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lxvi. 7 Sche bar a male child. c1400 (c1378) LANGLAND Piers Plowman (Laud) B. XVI. 236 And alle {th}at male were Bledden blode for {th}at lordes loue. a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) Gen. i. 27 God made of nou{ygh}t man to the ymage and his lickenes..maal and femaal he made hem of nou{ygh}t. c1450 J. CAPGRAVE Life St. Augustine 26 O child was bor be-twix hem too..a mal child, a child ful of witte and of vertu. c1500 Melusine (1895) 18 He begate on her many children males. 1563 N. WIN{ygh}ET Certain Tractates (1888) I. 82 The maill barne nocht circumcidit the auchtin day. a1616 SHAKESPEARE King John (1623) III. iv. 79 Caine, the first male-childe. 1623 SHAKESPEARE & J. FLETCHER Henry VIII II. iv. 186 My Ladies wombe..conceiu’d a male-child by me. 1647 C. COTTERELL & W. AYLESBURY tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France I. i. 13 In the male line of their Predecessors. 1716-20 Lett. fr. Mist’s Jrnl. (1722) I. 231 There runs through the Male Line an odd Ungentleness of Temper. 1752 D. HUME Polit. Disc. x. 166 All masters discourage the marrying of their male servants. 1832 F. MARRYAT Newton Forster II. vii. 83 Entailment of property..upon the male heir. 1847 TENNYSON Princess Prol. 151, I would make it death For any male thing but to peep at us. 1893 Burke’s Peerage 1481 He was advanced to a viscounty 1885, with remainder, in default of his male issue, to his daughter with remainder to her male issue. 1918 F. S. PHILBRICK tr. R. Huebner Hist. Germanic Private Law I. iii. 114 Sibs that based their kinship solely upon descent from a common male ancestor. 1940 Ann. Reg. 1939 397 The National Service (Armed Forces) Act, which rendered liable for service in the forces all male persons between eighteen and forty-one. 1978 F. WELDON Praxis xii. 91 Men visitors were only allowed in the hostel if they described themselves as close male relatives. 1992 Cultural Survival Q. Fall 25/2 Patrilineal groups..place great emphasis on male children.

c. Of animals, including the human animal (cf. sense A. 1b).
a1398 J. TREVISA tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 160v, {Th}e femel fysshe is more longe {th}an {th}e male fysshe. c1425 EDWARD, DUKE OF YORK Master of Game (Vesp. B. 12) (1904) 103 {Th}e hare is o{th}er while male and o{th}erwhile female. 1440 Promp. Parv. (Harl. 221) 323/1 Male, best or fowle, no femel, masculus. 1530 J. PALSGRAVE Lesclarcissement 242/1 Male gote, bovc. 1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow 97 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 307 Twentyfour chikkynis of thame scho hes Twelf maill And twell famell be croniculis cleir. a1616 SHAKESPEARE Coriolanus (1623) V. iv. 29 There is no more mercy in him, then there is milke in a male-Tyger. 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) II. 12 On the 9th we got another male whale, being the eighth. 1797 Encycl. Brit. VII. 258/1 This operation [sc. castration] may be performed both on male and female fish. 1855 W. S. DALLAS Syst. Nat. Hist. I. 348 In the autumn, male and female insects are found, furnished with perfect generative organs. 1902 Oxf. Times 22 Feb. 2/1 For sale..3 hens and 1 male bird. 1938 Times 28 May 7/7 The name liger is given to the offspring of a male lion and tigress. 1967 Arch. Neurol. (Chicago) 17 10/2 Adult male Sherman rats were used. 1989 B. ALBERTS et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) xv. 845 A diploid nucleus contains two closely similar versions of each chromosome, one from the male and one from the female parent.

d. Of plants: designating individuals of dioecious species whose flowers bear stamens but lack functional pistils. Later also: designating such a flower.
a1398 J. TREVISA tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 210v, If..{th}e rynde of a male palme is ydo to {th}e leues of {th}e femele..{th}e fruyt..schal be {th}e ra{th}er ripe. ?c1450 Stockh. Medical MS ii. 715 in Anglia (1896) 18 324 In a vessell..Putte hem, ou schalt sene Wyche is femel & wyche is male. 1600 J. PORY tr. J. Leo Geogr. Hist. Afr. VI. 268 Of date-trees some are male and some are female. 1731 P. MILLER Gardeners Dict. at Alnus, The male flowers (or Katkins) are produc’d at remote distances from the Fruit. 1789 G. WHITE Nat. Hist. Selborne 324 This is a male tree, which in the spring sheds clouds of dust, and fills the atmosphere around with it’s farina. 1796 W. WITHERING Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 188 In the Ribes alpinum, the male and female flowers are sometimes found on different plants. 1871 C. KINGSLEY At Last i, In the midst of the yard grew, side by side,..a male and female Papaw. 1875 A. W. BENNETT & W. T. T. DYER tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 448 The resemblance of the male flowers to the inflorescence of Equisetum is as striking [etc.]. 1933 A. W. BOYD Country Diary Cheshire Man (1946) I. 19 The golden male catkins of the sallow..were visited by many hive-bees and humble-bees. 1976 S. M. GAULT Dict. Shrubs in Colour 196/2 ‘Sekka’, a male clone of Japanese origin, becoming a large shrub if left unpruned. 1980 J. A. SAMSON Trop. Fruits iii. 30 A plant bearing male and female flowers is monoecious.

e. Of the reproductive organs of an animal or plant: characteristic of the males of a species; producing gametes (such as spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova). Also: designating such gametes, which are usually smaller and more motile than the corresponding female gametes.
1607 E. TOPSELL Hist. Fovre-footed Beastes 324 They tooke from them [sc. horses] their male-parts. 1760 J. LEE Introd. Bot. (1765) I. iv. 10 The Stamina are the Male part of the flower. 1836-9 Todd’s Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 140/1 The male-duct..terminates at the anterior extremity of the body. 1861 J. R. GREENE Man. Animal Kingdom: Coelenterata 45 When male and female gonophores differ externally in form, the special terms ‘androphore’ and ‘gynophore’ are employed to distinguish them. 1881 ST. G. MIVART Cat 318 The male pro~nucleus is a spermatozoon, which is a part of the nucleus of the original sperm cell. 1924 E. W. MACBRIDE Introd. Study of Heredity ii. 46 In the case of the male cell each secondary spermatocyte divides into two precisely equal cells called spermatids. 1932 C. D. DARLINGTON Rec. Adv. Cytol. iii. 63 The reunion, after separation, of nuclei in the male germinal cells at the last divisions before meiosis. 1959 A. S. FOSTER & E. M. GIFFORD Compar. Morphol. Vascular Plants xix. 515 The participation of each of the two male gametes in a fusion process is uniquely characteristic of angiosperms. 1987 M. S. LAVERACK & J. DANDO Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) xxiii. 133 (table) Paired ducts unite to give a median uterus or median male organ with a single ventral opening. 1992 Sci. Amer. Sept. 120/2 Testosterone causes masculinization by promoting the male, or Wolffian, set of ducts.

2. a. Of or relating to a man or men, or to male animals; peculiar to or characteristic of men or male animals.
1598 J. MARSTON Scourge of Villanie I. iii. sig. C6v, O now yee male stewes, I can giue pretence For your luxurious incontinence. 1620 B. JONSON Epic{oe}ne II. iii. 545 Nor, ist a tale, That female vice should be a vertue male. a1631 J. DONNE Progr. Soule ii, in Poems (1633) 2 By thy male force, is all wee have, begot. 1684 T. BURNET Theory of Earth I. 198 The ancients..have suppos’d that there was something of an æthereal element in the male-geniture. 1766 J. FORDYCE Serm. Young Women (1767) I. ii. 53 The male heart is a study. 1785 W. COWPER Task VI. 233 Profaned,..under various names, Female and male. a1807 WORDSWORTH Prelude (1959) III. 72 Trinity’s loquacious Clock..told the hours Twice over with a male and female voice. 1871 C. DARWIN Descent of Man (1888) 393 The common drake..after the breeding season is well known to lose his male plumage for a period of three months. 1900 Daily News 18 Sept. 4/6 A case filled with moths whose right wings belong to the male coloration. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 3 Feb. 9/1 It is intended to form a male voice choir. 1931 V. WOOLF Waves 184 The heavy male tread of responsible feet down the corridors. 1988 Bella 4 Apr. 7/1 Because work has traditionally been a male domain, some men feel their territory is being intruded upon. 1993 Tatler July 106/1 Arousal and orgasm is orchestrated..by small amounts of the male hormone, testosterone, which a woman produces.

b. Appropriate or adapted to the use of a man.
1677 S. FELL Househ. Acct. Bk. 24 Mar. (1920) 371 By mo pd for a male pillion for Bro: Lower..000 00 04. 1788 J. WARE in Mem. Med. Soc. II. 336 Strictures on the Use of the Male Catheter. 1828 A. HALLIDAY Pres. State Lunatics 98, 1 Matron for Male Hospital. 1898 T. C. ALLBUTT et al. Syst. Med. V. 986 A large soft rubber male catheter. 1934 W. LEWIS Let. 15 Dec. 230 Would you expect Milton to be correctly quoted in an advertisement for Massage or Male-corsets. 1988 Daily Tel. 18 May 15/2 Old Spice and Insignia{em}called ‘male fragrance’ nowadays, not aftershave.

c. Composed or consisting of men.
1682 N. CROUCH Admirable Curiosities (1684) 67 It was after altered into a Male-Nunnery. 1711 SWIFT Jrnl. to Stella 26 Feb. (1948) I. 202 They keep as good female company as I do male. 1792 M. WOLLSTONECRAFT Vindic. Rights Woman iv. 114 Every thing conspires to render the cultivation of the understanding more difficult in the female than the male world. 1871 ‘G. ELIOT’ Middlemarch (1872) I. x. 151 The dinner-party was large and rather more miscellaneous as to the male portion than any which had been held at the Grange since Mr Brooke’s nieces had resided with him. 1913 W. CATHER O Pioneers! IV. iii. 238 He belonged to some kind of a musical society, a male chorus, in Stockholm. 1989 Bella 29 Apr. 28/3, I clam up when in male company, feel very uneasy and I’m actually aware of myself shaking.

II. Of minerals, plants, and other material or immaterial things: having a colour, shape, strength, or other property associated with maleness, esp. as being superior to a corresponding property deemed female. Now rare exc. in certain compounds (see below).

{dag}3. a. Designating precious stones on account of depth or brilliance of colour; also designating other stones, with reference to hardness or other valued qualities. Obs.
a1398 J. TREVISA tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 199v, Echites is a stoon of ynde..And it is double..male and female. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville’s Trav. (Titus C. 16) (1919) 105 Dyamandes in ynde..growen togedre male & femele. 1681 N. GREW Mvsævm Regalis Societatis 290 The Sardius or Cornelian,..The best, by some called The Male. 1681 N. GREW Mvsævm Regalis Societatis 297 The Florid Male Eagle-Stone. 1726 J. LEONI tr. L. B. Alberti Archit. I. 58/2 The Stones found in Rivers, which are call’d Male ones,..grow dry immediately when..taken out of the water. 1728 J. WOODWARD Fossils All Kinds 23 The Common-Carnelion..has its Name from its Flesh-Colour..which is, in some of these Stones, paler, when call’d the female Carnelion; in others deeper, call’d the Male. 1855 R. BROWNING Saul viii, Lordly male-sapphires. 1890 O. WILDE Critic as Artist in Wks. 274 Said with the lordly male-sapphires gleaming in his turban.

b. Designating a hard and compact kind of sand or gravel. Obs.
1601 P. HOLLAND tr. Pliny Hist. World II. XXXI. iii. 409 The hard and compact gravell called the Male gravell. 1610 W. FOLKINGHAM Feudigraphia IV. Concl. 87 A faire Pond..springing from the West forth of a male grauell. 1726 J. LEONI tr. L. B. Alberti Archit. II. 105/2 The male-sand [It. sabbione maschio] and the hard grit are sure to afford the best of water. 1808 C. VANCOUVER Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 65 The male or bastard tin stone is found..on Dartmoor.

{dag}4. Designating something to which maleness is ascribed on the basis of some feature, esp. one which is deemed to contrast with a female counterpart. In later use only, of a rhyme: = masculine rhyme at MASCULINE adj. 2. Obs.
a1398 J. TREVISA tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 111v, Venus is female, a nyzt planete, mene bitwene hoot & coold & moisture, & mercurius is of temperat kynde, a day planete, now male, now female. a1586 SIR P. SIDNEY Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. L2v, The French..hath both the Male [rhyme], as Bon, Son, and the Female, as Plaise, Taise. 1598 W. PHILLIP tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies I. lxxii. 119/2 (note of Paludanus) Frankinsence is of two sorts, one white, that is round and like vnto drops, which is the best, and called the masle: the other blacke. 1647 J. HOWELL New Vol. of Lett. 142 As in France so in all other wine countries the white is called the female, and the claret or red wine is called the male, because commonly it hath more sulphur, body and heat in’t. 1652 W. BLITH Eng. Improver Improved ix. 48, I shall provoke unto the best Improvement, and where there can be a Male-Improvement offer not to the Common-Wealth a Female. 1667 MILTON Paradise Lost VIII. 150 Other Suns perhaps With thir attendant Moons thou wilt descrie Communicating Male and Femal Light. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 486/1 These mono-syllable or last-syllable rhymes are called male rhymes. 1896 S. W. BARNUM Vocab. Eng. Rhymes (ed. 2) Introd. 16 Part I consists of single or male rhymes.

5. a. Designating certain plants to which sex was formerly attributed on account of some distinctive feature, such as shape, colour, size, or robustness; esp. in male fern n. at Special uses 3.
1562 W. TURNER Seconde Parte Herball II. 3 The vertues of the male ferne. 1578 H. LYTE tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball II. lix. 219 The second kinde of Orchios..is of twoo sortes Male and Female. 1597 J. GERARD Herball II. 629 The male Mullein or Higtaper, hath broade leaues. 1639 T. DE GRAY Compl. Horseman II. xviii. 319 Take the root of Male-Brake or Fearne. 1718 J. QUINCY Pharmacop{oe}ia Officinalis 133 Paul’s Betony or Male Speedwell. 1785 T. MARTYN tr. J. J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvii. 416 Two of the most common sorts with double bulbs, are foolishly called Male and Female Orchis, because there is no distinction of sexes. 1838 J. LINDLEY Flora Med. 512 Purga Macho, or Male Jalap. 1853 A. B. STRONG Amer. Flora I. 34 Paeonia corallina, coralline or Male-Paeony. 1925 E. F. NORTON Fight for Everest: 1924 156 As he rode he carried a male bamboo.

{dag}b. [After German männlich.] Designating the external layer of bark on a tree. Obs.
1884 F. O. BOWER & D. H. SCOTT tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 557 This periderm grows quicker than the external male cork.

III. Extended uses.

6. Of a mechanical instrument: adapted to fit into or fill a corresponding female part. Cf. male screw n. at Special uses 3.
1588 J. READ tr. F. Arceus Compend. Method I. iii. f. 9v, The Trepan is of two sortes, one male, and the other female. 1669 R. BOYLE Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) II. 11 A Female Screw, to receive the Male-screw of the Stop-cock. 1688 R. HOLME Acad. Armory III. xii. 433/1 There is no difference between the male and female Trepan, but for the pin in the middle which the female wants. 1776 J. BENTHAM Let. 24 Feb. (1968) I. 299 The female parts of the work may no longer admitt the male. a1856 H. MILLER in Foot-prints of Creator (1874) 342 The male half of the hinge belongs to the head, and the female half to the jaw. 1884 F. J. BRITTEN Watch & Clockmakers’ Handbk. (new ed.) 274 Steel runners with male centres are handy when turning bouchons. 1889 Mayne’s Med. Voc., Female..the part of a double-limbed instrument which receives the male or corresponding part. 1907 Sears, Roebuck Catal. 204/2 Telephone mouthpieces. Male or female thread. 1969 E. P. ANDERSON Home Appliance Servicing (ed. 2) xiv. 229 This test-lamp set may be used as a point-to-point tester by connecting a male plug. 1987 Making Music July 19/1 RLR leads are the most tangle free, since we can plug the male and female ends together.

B. n.1

1. a. A male person; a boy or man. Chiefly in expressed or implied antithesis with female, but also (esp. in Med.) simply as a synonym for man.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. vi. 18 The maalys oonleche of {th}e lynage of aaron sholen ete hit. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness 695 Uch male mat{ygh} his mach a man as hymselven. a1450 (c1412) T. HOCCLEVE De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) 565 The ende is de{th} of male & of femele. 1489 (a1380) J. BARBOUR Bruce (Adv.) I. 60 For thar mycht succed na female, Quhill foundyn mycht be ony male. 1609 J. SKENE tr. Regiam Majestatem 36 Sic heires being mailes, the perfite age is twentie ane zeares. 1614 J. SELDEN Titles of Honor 73 That [crown] of Pharaoh was only for masles, not for feminin capacitie. a1616 SHAKESPEARE Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) II. i. 42 You loue the Breeder better than the Male. 1667 MILTON Paradise Lost XII. 168 Whence of guests he makes them slaves Inhospitably, and kills thir infant Males. 1726 SWIFT Gulliver I. I. vi. 104 In the Female Nurseries, the young Girls of Quality are educated much like the Males. 1792 M. WOLLSTONECRAFT Vindic. Rights Woman iv. 153 In the countries where it [sc. polygamy] is established, more females are born than males. 1809 in Earl Malmesbury’s Lett. (1870) II. 204, I am the only male here that is not gone hunting. 1855 MACAULAY Hist. Eng. III. xv. 574 Every male in the kingdom who had attained the age of sixteen. 1898 P. MANSON Trop. Dis. vii. 599 Ainhum is very rare in women or children, being most common in adult males. 1921 E. M. FORSTER Let. 9 May in Hill of Devi (1953) 80 She appreciates the din and the mass of males. 1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 28 Mar. 695/2 The abnormal gene or genes are maternally transmitted and..expressed only in chromosomal males. 1982 T. HILLERMAN Dark Wind (1990), For a Navajo male to dance with a Navajo female of the same maternal clan violated the most stringent of taboos. 1990 Brain 113 480, C2 was a 51-year-old male with a dense right homonymous hemianopia. 1991 Dateline Mag. Feb. 51/3 (advt.) Hertfordshire male, attractive, 6 ft., Sagittarian.

b. A male animal (including the human animal). Also fig.
a1393 GOWER Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) IV. 1301 Sche sih the bestes in her kinde..The madle go with the femele. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness 337 Ay {th}ou meng wyth {th}e malez {th}e mete ho-bestez. ?1440 tr. Palladius De Re Rustica (Fitzw.) IV. 852 Impacient yf that females be And wol no male, her naturalite With stamped swille embawme. 1596 T. NASHE Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. A2, Musing Dick, that studied a whole yeare to know which was the male and female of red herrings. a1616 SHAKESPEARE Comedy of Errors (1623) II. i. 19 The beasts, the fishes, and the winged fowles Are their males subjects. 1688 R. HOLME Acad. Armory II. 236/1 A Boccaret [Hawk] is the Male of a Boccarell. 1697 DRYDEN tr. Virgil Georgics III, in tr. Virgil Wks. 108 The furious Mare, Barr’d from the Male, is frantick with despair. 1774 O. GOLDSMITH Hist. Earth III. 314 There are some of the males who attach themselves to the female. 1802 W. PALEY Nat. Theol. xix. 363 The glow-worm is a female caterpillar; the male of which is a fly. 1857 Househ. Words 19 Dec. 16 No less than sixteen of these little animals (all males). 1871 J. MORLEY Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 175 Carlylism is the male of Byronism. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 149/2 Mimetic resemblance is far commoner in the female than in the male. 1931 Discovery Apr. 106/2 Parasitic pigmy males among the ceratoid angler-fishes. 1953 N. TINBERGEN Herring Gull’s World xii. 104 Such an aggressive bird is always a male. 1985 R. KEIPER Assateague Ponies vi. 46 As a stallion approaches, young males move toward him and champ strongly. 1990 A. STEVENS On Jung iv. 54 In virtually all species which procreate by copulation, sperms are introduced into the female, not ova into the male.

c. A male plant or flower (cf. sense A. 1e). Also: a plant or flower to which maleness was formerly attributed (cf. sense A. 4).
a1398 J. TREVISA tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 210v, Also {th}e leues of male and female be{th} dyuers. ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) in Ess. & Stud. Eng. Lang. & Lit. (1950) 6 196 {Th}e male hat a qwyt flour. 1548 W. TURNER Names of Herbes sig. A.viij, The male hath a crimsin floure, & the female hath a blewe floure. 1600 J. PORY tr. J. Leo Geogr. Hist. Afr. VI. 268 The flowers of the female will not open, vnlesse the boughes and flowers of the male be ioined vnto them. 1646 SIR T. BROWNE Pseudodoxia Epidemica II. vi. 94 Herbalists..naming that the masle, whose leaves are lighter. 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751-2 (Royal Soc.) 47 178 From this testiculated appearance they called these plants male. 1870 J. D. HOOKER Student’s Flora Brit. Islands 154 Fertile flowers subsessile, males pedicelled. 1877 C. DARWIN Different Forms Flowers i. 13 If there exist plants, the individuals of which consist of hermaphrodites and males, these might be distinguished as andro-dioecious. 1980 J. A. SAMSON Trop. Fruits ix. 235 Each flower opens twice and is closed in between; the first time it functions as a female, the second time as a male. 1992 Which? Sept. 510/1 A female holly bush turns out to be a non-berrying male.

{dag}2. A ‘male’ precious stone. Cf. sense A. 3a. Obs.
a1398 J. TREVISA tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 210v, Echites is a stoon..{th}e male {th}erof is harde. 1728-41 E. CHAMBERS Cycl. at Sapphire, Different colours constitute different kinds thereof; the deepest blues being esteemed males, and the whitest females. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 152 A milder flame is assigned to the females, but a yellower and more fervent to the males. 1860 C. W. KING Antique Gems i. 6 The Romans..divided gems into males and females, according to the depth or the lightness of their colour.

SPECIAL USES

S1. Modifying properly female designations, as male aunt, male bawd, male coquette, male ingenue, male mother, male virgin, etc., or conditions, as male climacteric, male greensickness, male widowhood, etc.; also used to refer to professions that are usually considered to be predominantly female, as male midwife, male model, male nurse, male prostitute, male stripper, etc.
1600 SHAKESPEARE Henry IV, Pt. 2 IV. ii. 90 They fall into a kind of male greene sicknes. 1607 T. MIDDLETON Revengers Trag. I. sig. B2v, When base-male-Bawds kept Centinell at staire-head. 1681 T. OTWAY Souldiers Fortune II. i. 23 Your go between, your Male-Bawd there. 1712 R. STEELE Spectator No. 288. ¶1 Which has given me Encouragement to describe a certain Species of Mankind under the Denomination of Male Jilts. 1712 R. STEELE Spectator No. 288. ¶2 They whom my correspondent calls Male Coquets, shall hereafter be called Fribblers. 1712 FRANCHAM Spect. 27 Oct. 1, I cannot but recommend the Subject of Male Widowhood to you. 1748 S. RICHARDSON Clarissa V. v. 76 That Hickman is a very virtuous, a very innocent fellow{em}a male-virgin, I warrant! 1755 J. SHEBBEARE Lydia (1769) I. 59 When a new work is advertised, the male and female ladies..immediately conclude it cannot be worth the reading. 1761 J. HANWAY Lett. Customs Foreign Nations Harlots ii. 8 To one female, there are a dozen male prostitutes, who never think at all of accounting for such sins. 1777 Ann. Reg. 1776 37/1 Dr. Rundle was a kind of male coquette. 1781 F. BURNEY Jrnl. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 447 He is an actual Male Prude! 1823 C. LAMB My Relations in Elia 162 Male aunts, as somebody calls them, I had none{em}to remember. ?1839 C. BRONTË Let. in M. Lane Brontë Story (1953) viii. 131, I am convinced, Ellen, that he is a thorough male-flirt. 1874 F. S. LEES Handbk. for Hosp. Sisters vi. 71 Infirmiers or male nurses. 1877 Spirit of Times 15 Dec. 530/3 Now he acts as if he thought there might be something nobler in life than a male ingenue. 1885 R. F. BURTON Terminal Ess. in tr. Arabian Nights X. 230 The male prostitutes were called Kadesh the holy. 1892 G. B. SHAW Let. 21 Apr. (1965) 338 People imagine that Lövborg..really means to kill himself, instead of merely gratifying his propensity, as a male coquet, for making scenes. 1900 Rep. Special Comm. Assembly to investigate Public Offices & Depts. City of N.Y. V. 5125 Reference has been made in the previous testimony to places that are well known as being resorts for male prostitutes. 1915 M. B. LOWNDES Diary 12 Mar. (1971) 58 It is very difficult to get the right type of man to be a male nurse. 1948 A. C. KINSEY et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male vi. 216 Some male prostitutes ejaculate five, six, or more times per day with regularity over long periods of years. 1961 S. BAKER Visual Persuasion ii. 47/2 Male model agencies and actors’ guilds always have a few personalities on hand. 1966 G. B. MAIR Kisses from Satan vii. 78 I’ve got a male climacteric and I don’t like it. 1974 Mother & Baby Feb. 44 (heading) Would you like a male midwife? 1974 H. WAUGH Parrish for Defence (1975) xix. 321 He is presently serving as a male prostitute for other males. 1975 ‘G. BLACK’ Big Wind for Summer vii. 114 He looked like a male model in one of those ads for expensive men’s knitwear. 1980 Times 21 Oct. 12/6 (caption) Why should it only be male strippers who are subsidized? 1987 C. SIMMONS Belles Lettres Papers x. 144 The male nurse arrived with a wheelchair. 1989 M. MOFFATT Coming of Age in New Jersey v. 188 Many levels of sexual activity were reported, from self-confessed female and male virgins to maximum performers and ‘scorers’ of both sexes. 1990 R. BLY Iron John ii. 36 A mentor or ‘male mother’ enters the landscape.

S2. General attrib.

a. male supremacist n. and adj.
1964 E. MERRIAN After Nora slammed Door 209 The old folkways of *male supremacist language persist unaltered. 1973 J. JONES Touch of Danger xxviii. 167 You just don’t want to understand Jane… She’s a threat to all you male supremacists. 1989 W. MOORE Schrödinger Life & Thought (1992) 296 Erwin loved and appreciated women, but his attitude towards them was essentially that of a male supremacist.

male supremacy n.
1852 De Bow’s Rev. Sept. 278 Physical force..will secure, as it always has secured, *male supremacy. 1908 G. K. CHESTERTON Man who was Thursday i. 12 Most of the women were of the kind vaguely called emancipated, and professed some protest against male supremacy. 1937 Woman’s Jrnl. Nov. 62/1 ‘Daddy’ Anerley, sunning his male supremacy as the only man in a household of four women. 1993 Atlantic Oct. 62/1 The war was generally regarded as an allegory of male supremacy.

b. male-determining adj.
1921 Proc. Royal Physical Soc. Edinb. 20 256 The question naturally arises as to whether these individuals are..chromosomally males with an initial deficiency of the *male-determining substance. 1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 3975/1 Mutant animals..developed as females and were then shifted to the restrictive male-determining temperature.

{dag}male-spirited adj. Obs. rare
1605 B. JONSON Sejanus II. i. 211 That *male-spirited Dame, Their Mother.

S3. male bonding n. (the formation of) friendship and loyalty between males, esp. between a particular pair of male associates; cf. BONDING n. Additions 4.
1966 L. TIGER & R. FOX in Man New Ser. Mar. 76 When faced with any recognisably universal unit of human social behaviour such as dominance/sub-dominance,..*male bonding, greeting, etc., the prime scientific question must be ‘what is the function whose selection pressure caused this particular organisation to evolve?’ 1986 N.Z. Listener 15 Feb. 50/2 F F Coppola found a part for him in his beautifully filmed but simple-minded male-bonding advertisement Rumble Fish. 1995 Independent 14 Jan. 14/1 Traditional male pursuits have been relegitimised and recategorised as healthy male bonding rather than merely oppressive to women.

male-female adj. (and n.) (a) combining the characteristics of both sexes, hermaphrodite (also as n.); (b) existing between the sexes.
1587 SIR P. SIDNEY & A. GOLDING tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 72 God..who is also Mynd, & Life, and Light, & *Malefemale [margin {alenis}{rho}{rho}{epsilon}{nu}{goacu}{theta}{eta}{lambda}{upsilon}{fsigma}; Fr. masle femelle]; begate or bred Logon the Speech. 1621 J. TAYLOR Superbiæ Flagellum C6 The Woman-man, Man-woman, chuse you whether, The Female-male, Male-female, both, yet neither. 1774 Westm. Mag. 2 453 You will see behind a Perfumer’s counter..a Male-Female Thing of this sort. 1804 W. BLAKE Milton (1808) I. 17 The Female-male & the Male-female,..stood Before him in their beauty. 1949 M. MEAD Male & Female vii. 150 The possible male-female relationships. 1970 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 82 154 Generalizations could be made regarding male-female differences in sexual attitudes and experiences. 1991 Lang. in Society 20 400 Nor were female uses of agonistic interethnic Panjabi restricted to male-female interaction.

male fern n. a common fern of woods, etc., Dryopteris filix-mas; spec. this fern in the strict sense, as distinct from any of the segregates of it now commonly recognized (golden-scaled male fern, mountain male fern, scaly male fern: see the first element).
1562 W. TURNER Seconde Parte Herball II. 3 The vertues of the *male ferne. 1799 M. UNDERWOOD Treat. Dis. Children (ed. 4) I. 147 The male-fern, alone, is reckoned a specific [for worms]. 1871 C. KINGSLEY At Last v, Here and there a young one [palm] springing up like a gigantic crown of male-fern. 1908 E. STEP Wayside & Woodland Ferns 66 The Male-fern’s rootstock becomes solid and bulky with age. 1989 Reader’s Digest Encycl. Garden Plants & Flowers 239/2 Dryopteris filix-mas (male fern)… A hardy plant with deep green, lanceolate fronds that are almost bipinnate.

{dag}male fool-stones n. Obs. the early purple orchis, Orchis mascula.
1597 J. GERARD Herball I. 159 The male *Foole stones hath fiue..long broad and smooth leaues. 1648 J. BOBART Eng. Catal. 40 in Catal. Plantarum Horti Medici Oxon., Male foolestones. Cynosorchis moriomas. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Weed, Perennial weeds in pastures… Male fool-stones. May. Female fool-stones. May [etc.].

{dag}male gauge n. Obs. the outer gauge or screw of a printing press.
1683 J. MOXON Mech. Exercises II. 170 So as the *Male-Gages may fall into the Female-Gages.

{dag}male incense n. [the sense originates in Latin; the drops of frankincense were thought to resemble testicles; compare French encens mâle (Cotgrave, 1611)] Obs. a superior quality of incense, known by the greater size of the drops in which it is collected; frankincense (cf. quot. 1598 at sense A. 4).
1647 R. HERRICK Dirge Jephthah’s Daughter in Noble Numbers 28 May Virgins, when they come to mourn, *Male-Incense burn Upon thine Altar! 1728 E. CHAMBERS Cycl. at Frankincense, Male incense, call’d also olibanum.

male menopause n. a stage in a man’s life supposedly corresponding to the menopause in a woman’s; a crisis of identity, confidence, etc., experienced by a middle-aged man.
1949 M. ERNST & D. G. LOTH Sexual Behaviour & Kinsey Rep. viii. 93 Another reason which has sometimes been given is that many men reach in middle age a climacteric which is dubbed a *male menopause. 1980 B. W. ALDISS Life in West iii. 59, I suppose you’ll tell me you’re undergoing the male menopause next.

{dag}male orchis n. Obs. the early purple orchis, Orchis mascula.
[1578 H. LYTE tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball II. lvi. 219 The second kinde of Orchios..is of twoo sortes Male and Female.] 1785 T. MARTYN tr. J. J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvii. 416 Two of the most common sorts with double bulbs, are foolishly called *Male and Female Orchis, because there is no distinction of sexes. 1807 J. V. THOMPSON Catal. Plants Berwick upon Tweed 90 Orchis mascula. Male orchis. April, May. Woods and pastures.

male pattern baldness n. the most common form of baldness in men (occurring occasionally also in women), characterized by a receding hairline at the temples followed by hair loss at the crown, and finally by the meeting of the balding patches at the front and top of the head.
1966 Male Nurses Jrnl. Feb. (heading) *Male pattern baldness. 1974 Sumter (S. Carolina) Daily Item 22 Apr. 9A/1 (advt.) If you don’t suffer from male pattern baldness, you can now stop your hair loss. 1994 Independent on Sunday 18 Sept. 22/5 While temporary baldness can be caused by stress, or illness, or poor diet, common or garden alopecia androgenetica, or male pattern baldness, is there in your genes.

male pill n. a pill which enables a man to have sexual intercourse with a woman without the risk of making her pregnant.
1966 New Statesman 27 May 767/1 Techniques like the *‘male pill’, tying of the spermatic cords..are in use or under investigation. 1984 New Scientist 23 Feb. 8/1 The drug is given by injection but may one day be developed into a ‘male pill’. 1998 Good Health Mag. Mar. 19/1 The abortion pill mifepristone is currently undergoing trials for use as a daily pill for women, and also as male pill.

{dag}male pimpernel n. Obs. see PIMPERNEL n. 2a.

male rhyme n. see sense A. 4.

male screw n. a screw with a raised helical thread running round the outside (in contrast with a female screw, i.e. a threaded hole).
1669 R. BOYLE Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) II. 11 A Female Screw, to receive the *Male-screw of the Stop-cock. 1822 J. IMISON Elem. Sci. & Art I. 48 The first is called the Male or outside screw. 1827 M. FARADAY Chem. Manip. xv. 361 Their use is to connect together stop-cocks..terminated by male screws. 1986 Library Mar. 13 A further fine adjustment can easily be achieved by a quarter turn change in the initial position of the male screw.

male-sterile adj. (of a plant or flower) incapable of producing functional pollen.
1921 Jrnl. Genetics 11 271 In the breeding work it was not thought necessary to emasculate the *male-sterile flowers. 1959 New Biol. 28 75 Certain willow-herb crosses which produce male-sterile progeny. 1974 A. HUXLEY Plant & Planet xxvii. 309 Part of the success of this particular hybrid was the obtaining of male-sterile plants. 1989 Jrnl. Heredity 80 81/2 The male sterile lines have been used in developing heterotic hybrids.

male-sterility n. the inability to produce functional pollen, caused by a mutation in nuclear or cytoplasmic (mitochondrial) genes controlling its formation.
1921 Jrnl. Genetics 11 269 (heading) *Male-sterility in flax, subject to two types of segregation. 1946 Nature 21 Sept. 422/2 Further tabulation of male-sterility genes in varieties of the onion is given.

male thread n. the helical thread on the outside of a (male) screw.
1890 Cent. Dict., Pipe-die, a female screw or nut of hardened and tempered steel used for cutting *male threads on the ends of metal pipes. 1978 R. SINGHAL Home Plumber’s Bible iv. 109 In order to make a perfect joint, the male threads on the pipe and female threads on the fitting should be thoroughly cleaned with a hard brush.

COMPOUNDS

C1. Instrumental.

male-dominated adj.
1958 W. J. H. SPROTT Human Groups 65 The home..is in certain important respects *male-dominated. 1973 I. SINGER Goals of Human Sexuality i. 33 She submits to the relationship as a way of conforming to the demands of a male-dominated society. 1989 Ski Nov. 92/1 Skiing is pretty much a male-dominated sport.

C2. male-bashing n. depreciative feminism, perceived as discrimination against or unfair criticism of men; also as adj.
1986 N.Y. Times 4 Oct. 22/6, I am heartily sick of being continually subjected to such pseudosociological *male-bashing diatribes. 1987 Washington Post 25 June B5/2 Warren Farrell calls those books further evidence of ‘The New Sexism’{em}his buzzword for the sexual battlefront of the ’80s that, to date, has been characterized by male-bashing. 1992 Time 6 Jan. 47/1 The producers of Thelma & Louise could not have imagined that their cockeyed vision of two women on an ill-fated spree would set off a national debate about misogyny, male bashing and the power of feminine anger ungirdled.

male impersonator n. a female who impersonates a male on the stage.
1895 C. D. STUART & A. J. PARK Variety Stage 222 Serio~comics, sisters, dancers, *male impersonators, and ballad and character vocalists. 1930 Bulletin 14 May 5 That popular male impersonator and pantomime principal boy, Miss Nora Delany. 1972 Times 29 Sept. 16/8 To the connoisseurs of the music hall there have been only two great male impersonators, one of whom was Vesta Tilley, the other Hetty King. 1989 Opera Nov. 1347 Brigitte Lafon must regrettably be added to my lengthening list of unpersuasive male impersonators.

male-oriented adj. biased towards, dominated by, or designed for men.
1970 N.Y. Times 15 Sept. 33/2 The ‘*male-oriented’ medical profession continues to perform much unnecessary..surgery on women. 1994 Herald (Glasgow) 20 Aug. (Weekender suppl.) 32/4 Traditionally, men{em}the crude humour is almost exclusively male-oriented{em}would gather in lager-swilling gangs to watch the video.

male rape n. the rape of one man by another.
1982 N.Y. Times 18 Jan. A15/1 (heading) Counseling *male rape victims. 1992 Independent 13 May 3/1 The chairman of Survivors, a counselling service for male rape victims, said this attack was not the first male rape on the Underground.

DERIVATIVES

{sm}male-like adj.
1885 N.E.D. s.v. Barren a. and sb., *Male-like, not producing offspring, sterile. 1990 J. BISHOP & M. WALDHOLZ Genome xii. 260 In the other ‘male-like’ families, the alcohol abuse tended to be the moderate-to-severe Type II alcoholism.

Zee #54

Yes, and this is the answer to: “Why do men have [useless]nipples?”

Because “female” is the template. “WOMAN” is the original. lol. Yes, but you know what that big dusty book says…

I can see why you call yourself “Godzilla.”

#46 vwade, yes, he was a huge Hillary supporter and a much desired endorsement because he had so much pull with colleagues and his people. PA win was HUGE. I think he was a super too.

bbl.

BigCatLover 02.08.10 at 4:13 pm
DWP
California, major rains, mudslides. Sigh.
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Not having enough rains is what causes the mudslides when it does rain, but that isn’t all areas of California.
We have earthquakes every great once in a while… which seems better to me than having predictable destructive weather cycles… tornadoes, hurricanes, freezing temps, snow, ice…

DWP
Not putting down california, it is beautiful. I don’t know if there is anywhere that has perfect weather. I have family in Hawaii and my grandmother used to say it was perfect weatherwise with no snakes or poisonous creatures. But they have a big volcano. Don’t know how long it’s been since it exploded though.

BCL…do they have spiders in Hawaii? :::putting Hawaii on the list:::

Volcanos sound like a nice change from blizzards.

#62 dances….ouch.

A dear cousin of mine (wife of a doctor, no less) suffered from internal injuries undetected by the hospital, who released her and she died within the week.

Zee
LOL.

Spiders are actually our friends, they eat other bugs. As long as they are not poisonous, they are a good thing. As long as they are not hairy, can’t stand hairy spiders. I think it’s from too many tarantuala movies when I was a kid.

#73 BCL…the jumpers scare me. Wolf spiders. Considering the size my spiders grow to on my sun porch I shudder to think what Florida has…

Zee
My grandmother’s comment on Hawaii was interesting (and probably why it has stuck in my mind for so long) is because she spent many years in Florida. My dad’s family would spend every winter in Miami for many many years. So she really knew florida but thought Hawaii was better. I’d take either one right now.

DWP
I can relate, but i love to travel so willing to go to Calif, Fla, Hawaii or even Mass for a puma palace (just not to Mass in winter).

Zee

the bug stories is one Floridians put out to prevent over crowding of our tropical paradise.

Never had bugs inside and rarely saw them outside only some salamanders and frogs and sea turtles and manatees .we have racoons and posums that run wild
Better than the rats in NYC.

FLBarbara 02.08.10 at 5:04 pm
Florida has becme much more civilized in the past 20 years since all the development. We lived in a new suburb of Miami when I was about 10 and we, the kids, would lie in bed and smash the ticks on our wall with our shoes. We had rattlesnakes and a black widow spider outside our house. We never gave it a thought. When my parents retired to Florida in the late 80’s my Dad sprayed occasionally and there was no more problems with bugs.

Oh and I forgot the story about my dad pulling a scorpion out of his bed one morning when I was a kid. All true stories, but not nearly as big a problem now. Life is an adventure.

FL Barbara
Have you heard that you may need Vit D3 to make up for the missing sunlight that you are used to. Doctor’s are especially prescribing D3 for women who seem to need more for depression and bne health.

sheila7
Orlando is surrounded by more indeveloped areas since it is in the middle (not on the ocean) of the state. The bugs and creepy crawlies are indigenious to Florida but development wipes them out eventually.

indeveloped = undeveloped

I think the reason the coastal areas don’t have the bugs is the ocean breezes.
I sit out all year and never have the no see ems, little knats again the breeze keeps them away.

Never saw a spider at all in the beach area.
Zee would love it.

FLBarbara 02.08.10 at 5:49 pm
My parents retired to the Tampa area and bugs were not a problem there either. Is that true of most of the west coast.

FLBarbara-
Never saw a spider at all in the beach area.
Zee would love it.
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I agree. Zee would love it. Nicest, prettiest place I’ve been. The week I spent went way too fast. Except for my blistered feet. Yikes! The Sun is a lot stronger there than here.

PBS News Hour is reporting that Obama is going to have a televised health care summit with Republicans. Televised. More propaganda?

BigCatLover 02.08.10 at 5:24 pm

FL Barbara

Have you heard that you may need Vit D3 to make up for the missing sunlight that you are used to. Doctor’s are especially prescribing D3 for women who seem to need more for depression and bne health.
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quick somebody send me a vat
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now back to reading the thread lol

Zee 02.08.10 at 4:41 pm
Oh, for fuck’s sake, Godzilla. I love word etymology, but what the fuck?
Have you ever heard of link with a thumbnail excerpt? Shit. Did you just get online yesterday?

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holy shit!
Rofl! I wondered why it took so long to get to the bottom of the thread on my iphone.

The reason I like the reference “female” is that it is non-judge mental, just factual. Like, when does a girl become a woman? What if she is in-between? Besides, I am an animal lover and do not consider it an insult to be related. In fact, with some people, it is an insult to the animals.

Like, when does a girl become a woman?
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When she begins menstruating.

Girl / Woman are not judgmental… the other terms for catgorizing women are, ie : Lady, Chic, Bimbo, Bitch, Slut, Cunt, Hag, Loose, Bombshell, Pussy, Hot, Tramp, Ho, Whore, Trollop, Ballbuster, Tease, etc.

DWP

I do not know if I feel that menstruation is the criteria. Some 10 year olds would then qualify.

The time from the start of menstruation until maturity, adolescence, is not gender specific. Maybe the reference would be “adolescent girl”. But the reference of woman could imply sexual availability. That could even be dangerous as we live in this world with those who think with that which lies between their legs more than what is between there ears.

So, with all that confusion and the sexual availability implication, I prefer female. But then, I have been know to have difficulty with social cues.

FLb,
yeah, not fun when you are sun deprived, depressed, and/or in a pissy mood to start with.

Khamenei: Iran Set to Deliver ‘Punch’ to Stun West on Anniversary

Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran is set to deliver a “punch” that will stun world powers during this week’s 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, AFP reported.

“The Iranian nation, with its unity and God’s grace, will punch the arrogance (Western powers) on the 22nd of Bahman, February 11, in a way that will leave them stunned,” Khamenei, who is also Iran’s commander-in-chief, told a gathering of air force personnel according to AFP.

The country’s top cleric was marking the occasion when Iran’s air force gave its support to revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a key event which led to the toppling of the U.S.-backed shah on February 11, 1979.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585143,00.html

DancesWithPumas 02.08.10 at 4:05 pm

I had been looking in Baltimore, close to my family in DC. But they are under 2-plus feet of snow. Even Florida’s orange crop got ice. Maybe we should be thinking Costa Rica??
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hey… psssssssssssst… ca-li-for-ni-a

Monday? Appetizing!
URL: http://pumapac.org/2010/02/08/monday-4/#comments

Ok, how did my fair city enter the conversation?? Yes, we currently have 2 feet of snow and another 10-16 inches on the way, but we are a great place to live. Any PUMA thinking of moving here has to contact me. Granted we are not ca-li-for-ni-a, but we rock.

BillieJo,
I still don’t have news. The doctor was supposed to call today but didn’t. I’m calling back tomorrow and hopefully I will know something then.

What did the doctor say for you?

Big Cat Lover– I can’t believe that I do not know the answer to that, I am a Big Cake Lover. Indeed on this snow day I baked a chocolate cake made with mashed potatoes for my sonshine’s middle school heritage day. I think the reason that my Irish relatives came to America was to escape chocolate cake made with mashed potatoes, but little did they know that it would follow their descendants for decades.

honora
Dare I ask, is the cake heavy with the mashed potatos?

(((((((((Sheila and son))))))))))
Having to wait for these premadonnas is horrible. I think the longer a patient waits, the more of a refund on the procedure. That would make them pick up the phone pronto.

Michael Jackson’s doctor was only charged one felony count of involuntary manslaughter.

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Let that killer out on the streets and let fans find justice for Michael’s death.
What a load of crap, like a slap on the hand by a nun.

Latest excuses for why Obama is failing and why they won’t work:

The Obama Defense Industry is busy. Excuses must be found. Scapegoats must be scaped. Blame must be assigned. The rush rush deployments of new Obama defenses by the Obama Defense Industry is due to the race Obama is now in – the race to the bottom. Obama is sinking in polls (47% disapprove in the latest poll, only 44% approve) faster than the stock market sinks. Which will reach bottom first?

As in last year’s campaigns, Obama lovers pose as “fair players” who will criticize Obama when criticism is due, but all the fake “criticisms” are another clever way to defend Obama. The defense ploy of the week is a return to “blame the staff“.

“Blame the staff” has made a triumphant return because other defend Obama ploys have not worked.
http://www.hillaryis44.org/

HP Boston 02.08.10 at 8:42 pm
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LoL!!

((((((((((((HP and Scout)))))))))))))))

‘Freakin’ jaysus, ’twas the best sex
I’ve had in 25 years! But sure as I’m sittin’ here, I’ll
never be able to show me face in Starbucks again!
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That a winner!

Woowee! Hannity has the video of the “woman buried in Obama t-shirt” speech! Hannity’s really pulling for Palin. Surprising for a man of any creed to risk his own credibility to back a woman. It’s something anyway.

Have you ever wanted to see paintings of Obama naked with unicorns?
This is your lucky day!!!

http://wildammo.com/2009/07/27/unusual-paintings-of-obama-naked-with-unicorns/

Funny…as Hillbuzz says must be done by mental patients.

#136
He is extremely respectful of women, but it’s really corny the way he adores Raygun. I DO enjoy the Nobama agenda on his show.

I heard Glenn Beck was talking about PUMAs today. I wonder if he was bad-mouthing us.

137 FL Barbara!

Are you kidding? I’m not clicking that link. The mental image alone is bad enough. I’m going to go meditate on spiders….darling little spiders….

Zee
It is weird paintings that’s all
He is not naked naked
What weird cult following.
LOL

No spiders Zee honest

Grrrr. PUMAs were right all along. Now the whole country has “angst”.

(they hate me with the burning passion of ten thousand suns)
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You didn’t give them the Juliette treatment, did you? Please say you didn’t.

{{{{{{{{{Murphy}}}}}}}}}}

2. Billie Jo 120, amen sister! you gotta be tough as nails with these people. If I am not banned permanently from the state of Maine after this experience I will be shocked. Which is too bad bc the people here are as nice as the people in North Carolina. If a bit more bundled up. excluding some certain doctors and nurses who are on my permanent Shit List.

(they hate me with the burning passion of ten thousand suns)

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Murpy, I think the amount of doctors on my shitlist is pretty colse to yours. After minor surgery, I was feeling better in Hawaii, and the nurses couldn’t get me released. I HATE hospitals, people jamming ice where it doesn’t belong, in the middle of the night.
Next day I though I was well enough, the story was my doctor was too busy to stop by and release me……………so I watched the hallway until I finnay spotted him, hobbled down the hall with my bear ass sticking out the back slit…I chased him down the hall and told him I would follow him around the hospital like this until he discarded.
I got the discharge slip, like pronto.
I have no patience for their lack of compassion or the ridiculous about of time waiting for them to make their next move.
Most doctors hate me, but when I find something I think is a good doctor, I stick to them like glue.
One doctor I met today is another added to my shit list, and a dermo doctor that also helped me today………..was the highlight of my dr visit.

You keep pressing them to do their job and I hope the best for (((SisterPUMA.))))

Billie Jo

If you want to be a delegate, your first step should be to contact your state party to determine what their process is. For information on running for a delegate position, an individual should call or write his or her respective State Democratic Party Headquarters and request a copy of the Delegate Selection Plan (or summary) and filing forms. These documents provide the information candidates need to know in order to run for delegate positions. All states require delegate candidates to file a “declaration of candidacy” in order to run. The deadline for this declaration varies among the states but is specified in each state’s plan. In some cases, the declaration must be accompanied with signatures of registered Democratic voters from that area. All filing requirements must be precisely followed.

http://www.democrats.org/a/convention_2008/delegate/
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In the state of FL when you join the local DNC an application is sent out via email to apply for a delegate position. Check your state rules.

Murphy

How in the world could you be on anyones shit list?

Sounds like you have had a hard day.sit back and relax with a nice glass if wine.
All that matters is your sister will be well. I have been thrown out of only the best hospitals.
Clink

Clink!!

Dances- I would have to cover my disdain for what the DNC did, if I have to go before their committee and be judged as worthy or not.

My learning to be a good liar, is a pipe dream anyway. I never try and get away with a lie, it is written all over my face…a look like, ‘Did ya believe that yarn I pulled???’

BillieJo
As a delegate
You pledge to the candidate..
You would have made an excellent Hillary delegate.

Feel better.

#137… not even ounce of curiosity for that link

#149… has become a verb

#149… has become a verb
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LoL!
g’night, sista

FEMALE/WOMAN
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/female.html

“Female” or “Woman”?
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/female-or-woman/

“Language: Woman vs. female” http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/opinion/18iht-edsafire.4943390.html

Huffington Post says Support High for Campaign Finance Reform based on a poll taken:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20100208/cm_huffpost/453666

Sam Stein Sam Stein – Mon Feb 8, 1:40 pm ET
In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling that corporations can spend an unlimited amount of money on political campaigns, the landscape has grown ripe for the passage of strict campaign finance legislation.

Support is incredibly high for reforms currently being considered by Congress to stem the tide of corporate involvement in elections, according to a poll released on Monday by a bipartisan group of firms.

From the study released by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research in conjunction with McKinnon Media for Common Cause, Change Congress and the Public Campaign Action Fund:

“A majority of voters strongly favor both requiring corporations to get shareholder approval for political spending (56 percent strongly favor, 80 percent total favor) and a ban on political spending by foreign corporations (51 percent strongly favor, 60 percent total favor).”

Both of those provisions are staples of the more than half-dozen pieces of legislation currently under consideration by lawmakers in the House and Senate. But poll respondents expressed even more support for tougher campaign finance restrictions, in a sign of just how eager the public is for limits on money in politics.
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There is one major caveat — voters almost instinctively say that they are in favor of strong campaign finance reform legislation. It’s the office holders who are the obstacle. To that end, respondents were asked whether they would be more inclined to support their member of Congress “if he or she votes in favor of a reform package that includes the Fair Elections Now Act as well as limits on spending by foreign corporations.” By a net of 15 percentage points, the answer was yes (and this was even after hearing the opposing viewpoint to such legislation).
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Indeed, 56 percent of respondents say Obama has not done enough to reduce the influence of special interests while just 35 percent say he “has made [an] effort to reduce [the] influence of special interests.” Fifty-one percent said the influence of special interests has increased since Obama took office while just 32 percent said it has decreased.

He should know, since he is the King Almighty of Grand Standing!

Senate Rejects Obama’s Labor Board Nominee
Craig Becker, a former union lawyer who President Obama nominated for a seat on the National Labor Relations Board, did not get the 60 votes needed to break a Republican-led filibuster.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/09/senate-expected-reject-obamas-labor-board-nominee/?test=latestnews

This is too funny!

A do you “miss me yet” question..

http://www.csmonitor.com/Money/new-economy/2010/0209/Miss-me-yet-billboard-shows-power-of-outdoor-ads-in-Internet-age

#146 BillieJO
Glenn Beck apparently believes BO is a natural born American and commented that the PUMAs started the “birther” controversy. I will try to find a link to confirm this second hand info. My husband saw the segment of his show and told me: Hey, Glenn Beck was talking about the PUMAs.
I like Beck, but he better just watch it, LOL!

Zerobama is an American citizen. The entire debate is incorrectly framed on both sides. The point is what did the founding fathers mean? There is thought that natural-born meant having no other ties to the “old countries.”

By his own admission, Fraudbama was born with multiple nationalities.

That is what should’ve been discussed, alongside whether he was a Muslim or an atheist before, at a very late age, Rev. Wright (in Zero’s own words) “brought him to Jesus.”

Beck and ALL the blowhards perpetuate the extremist views, because no one, not one outlet, ever discusses the reality of both these issues.

normapapuma 02.09.10 at 8:08 pm

#146 BillieJO
Glenn Beck apparently believes BO is a natural born American and commented that the PUMAs started the “birther” controversy. I will try to find a link to confirm this second hand info. My husband saw the segment of his show and told me: Hey, Glenn Beck was talking about the PUMAs.
I like Beck, but he better just watch it, LOL!
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Thanks for the update normapapuma, I would never grill ya to find me a link. I’ve watched Beck a couple of times and know in one show he throws out a lot of ideas. Your husband recalls… good enough for me.
Thanks.

Zee 02.09.10 at 8:40 pm

PUMAs, I’m too beat to catch up on the thread yet, but just saw disturbing news on TGW and in case it’s not been brought up, wanted to alert everyone…there is a nasty rumor that Keith “take her into a room and only he come out” Ubermann is being considered for sexist pig fraudbama’s press secretary….
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Are you kidding, the oberhauserDeMules ???? Press secretary, now that would be the most ridiculous things I could imagine, with Tingles as his co-pet?
Bring um on, while we load up all the rotten tomatoes we can fit into the cupcake car.

I am not a Palin fan but knocking her down doesn’t make obama look any better… if anything it shows he’s degree of pettiness and immaturity.

#181 Zee
ALL the pundits are in a frenzy trying to figure out who is benefiting from the BO backlash/rash. They are trying to define the Tea Party Movement as “Conservative” or better yet “right wing”. I bet there are plenty of independents and moderate Dems in the movement. And PUMAs are in the mix. We will not sit down and shut up. And Sarah is a serious person, unlike these damn jackasses like Gibbs. Hate em. Will never get my vote.

#190
By “we” I mean those with like minds-not prtending to speak for everyone!

#190
card carrying member of the party of NO?
I certainly hope there is more of a “message to stay on” than THAT

Hey Dances!!
how are all the sista’s tonight?

Can’t speak for anyone else but all is well here!

School district is closed tomorrow, so I get to stay up and play a little longer tonight! It’s snowing lightly in Allentown.

I’m just peeking in again…been running around like crazy getting all my field work done before the snow…am going back downstairs to get horizontal and watch my USA show…can get properly indignant once the snow comes…!

IR
btw, you have email

Which USA show Zee, I have a few favorites…

thanks BillieJo…
Sorry to hear you have been under the weather… slimy water huh…. gives me shivers just thinking about it!! Hope you back to your young self in no time!!

((((Caspie)))), that video was darn funny……………thanks.

normapapuma 02.09.10 at 10:33 pm
“I have come to appreciate all the things he has tried to take away from me and my children.”
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wow, if that is actually true…. sounds like perhaps he has done you a favor.

On Greta-Defense Sec Gates talking about SOS Clinton-His department is at her service because State Dept gives policy. We talk every day…

(((((BillieJo)))) Please try taking Cranberry tablets or Juice it will help alot… Along with white grape juice…. Glad you got a laugh from the youtube….. wishing you a speedy recovery…. Remember, the Cranberry tablets are all natural with Zero side effects….. Just wanted to share that with you…

Casper Cat

My doctor told me to drink Cranberry juice when I had an infection. A whole bottle in one day works like a charm.

really RemNov they were here a little while ago, they are probably just hiding or napping. You know how those cats can be.

Thanks sweet (((Caspie)))

Going to hit the rack but sending a hug to (((Remember))) too.

Good night PUMAs, sleep well.