![]() ![]() What was claimed to be derogatory is now merely informal. Indeed, this points up a contradiction in NOAD's characterization, since it defines "chick flick" this way: My wife and her friends, for example, use those terms enthusiastically and without reservation. ![]() Then think of terms like "chick flicks" and "chick lit" - men may use them to express their disaffection with such subjects, but women equally embrace them. And if you've ever seen the group (which sings songs like "Thank Heavens for Dale Evans"), you realize they're not making the same kind of statement with their name as, say, the rap group N.W.A. Presumably they would have refused to convert chicken to chick if they felt it disrespected women. Think of the country music group The Dixie Chicks, who, according to Wikipedia, "took their band name from the song "Dixie Chicken" by Lowell George of Little Feat. NOAD claims chick is derogatory, but I would dispute that claim.įor one thing, it's not too derogatory if women themselves use it about themselves. ![]()
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