The foot-woman connection did not seem very solid to me so I searched the dictionaries at my disposal. In the Dictionary of the Scots Language I found the word “toots,” a word related to a …

Oct 26, 2011 · The early instance of tootsy-pootsies that Callithumpian notes in a comment beneath the posted question is evidently from "The Physiology of London Evening Parties," …

Jan 27, 2015 · The toast goes back more than half a century before the scriptwriters of Casablanca used it in 1942.. From Anonymous, A Holiday Skip to the Far West (1884), we …

Mar 22, 2018 · A shortened form of the hypocoristic dim. suffix -sy suffix, added to the same classes of words, as Babs, Toots; ducks (see duck n.1 3c), moms. I wasn't familiar with the …

Dec 18, 2013 · Why are women called chicks? Is there a negative connotation, I do assume there are sexist undertones there. Any idea about the etymology or origin of the term? Is it derived, …

Aug 13, 2011 · "Slut" can have two meanings: an immoral woman, or prostitute a dirty and slovenly woman I would like a term for men that is the equivalent of the second meaning. Is …

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 …

May 10, 2016 · It seems an open-and-shut case, the correct version for asking the word of something in English is What do you call…? And yet the sheer number of second-language …

Jun 15, 2020 · It is defined as ‘bad luck’ and shown to produce tough tits, toots, described, accurately enough, I would imagine, as ‘a phrase of dismissal’. A hardened nipple is, …

I frequently use girlie or toots with my close female friends. If you don't know the person well enough, this may come off as misogynistic. My friends know me well enough to know I like …