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Word: womanish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quirkily self-conscious. "Ahem," began one suitor in the New York Review of Books. "Decent, soft-spoken sort, sanely silly, philosophish, seeks similar." Then he started to hit his stride: "Central Jersey DM WASP professional, 38, 6 ft.2", slow hands, student of movies and Marx, gnosis and news, craves womanish companionship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Advertisements for Oneself | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

Womanist 1. From Womanish (Opp. of "girlish," i.e., frivolous, irresponsible, not serious.) A black feminist or feminist of color... 2 Also: A woman who loves other women, sexually and/or nonsexually. Appreciates and prefers women's culture, women's emotional flexibility (values tears as natural counterbalance of laughter), and women's strength. Some-times loves individual men, sexually and/or nonsexually...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: Beyond Feminism | 3/2/1984 | See Source »

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