Re:Words known better by males than females, and vice versa
by mcguire on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @01:23PM
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Note: "known" means recognized versus non-words.
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Re:Words known better by males than females, and vice versa
by lkbm on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @01:49PM
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Ah, that's a good catch. I'd have trouble providing a precise definition for a lot of these, but I know them. ("servo" is some type of engine; "degauss" is a button I pressed on CRTs to make them go "boing"; a "doula" helps with birthing somehow in a non-medical capacity.)
Re:Words known better by males than females, and vice versa
by Kye on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @03:16PM
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A servo is the movey bits that move the movey bits on the killbots.
Re:Words known better by males than females, and vice versa
by Handytinge on Monday February 21, 2022 @07:19AM
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Pretty sure a servo is where you get petrol and a sausage roll.
Re:Words known better by males than females, and vice versa
by vojvod on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @06:13PM
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Most of the words I "know" from the female list are ones I've encountered in articles or novels that I didn't need to look up to get the gist of what I was reading. Same for a few on the male list, I've never needed to do anything with a thermistor or servo so I can only assume I recognise those words from SF.