baggachipz@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoWhy do men call their father their "old man", but their "old lady" is their wife?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down14
arrow-up1172arrow-down1message-squareWhy do men call their father their "old man", but their "old lady" is their wife?baggachipz@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squarefiercekitten@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-27 months agoBecause it became misused enough from the actual meaning of “mother” that it stuck, and the old “boomer” humor attitude of “haha I hate my spouse but I’m stuck with them” helped it stick.
Because it became misused enough from the actual meaning of “mother” that it stuck, and the old “boomer” humor attitude of “haha I hate my spouse but I’m stuck with them” helped it stick.