# Ballet Dancers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballet-dancers/278379>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 6, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballet-dancers/278379 "2004-12-06T16:55:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballet-dancers/278379/1 "2004-12-06T16:55:14Z")

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If female ballet dancers are called ballerinas, shouldn’t male ballet dancers be called ballerinos?

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballet-dancers/278379/2 "2004-12-06T17:43:44Z")

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