I like the word “chick”… I usually use it humorously though. I often greet my female friends with a hearty “hey, chickie-poo!” and just as often “hey ho” or “yo bitch!” or sometimes “yo bitchie-poo!”
I think most people who know me understand that it’s just how I am and don’t get offended. I wouldn’t greet a stranger like that.
I can also be caught referring to unknown women as “chick” like “some chick over there was blah blah blah”…
I think if you know a person is offended by it, don’t use it. If you don’t know the person well enough to be certain they know where you’re coming from, don’t use it. Otherwise, have fun, chickadees and chickadudes.
I’ve never been called a chickadude before.
Just not keeping up with things I guess.
I’ve never used “chick”, but I do want to call my daughter’s friends “girls”, and have to catch myself every time. Women. (“They’ve all been women for years, Dad, even if you did used to baby sit them!”)
I’ll just chime in here and agree that it depends on the level of familiarity you have with someone.
I use the word but only around people I am sure will not mind. I would never use it in a professional situation.
Of course, I also feel that the word “bitch” can be used in a complimentary fashion. I mean, when Byz calls me one, I go all tingly inside and I know that means she loves me!
Interestingly, at least to me, both my mother and mother-in-law share the nickname “Chick” - mom because it’s a homonym for the last syllable of an otherwise difficult-to-pronounce Polish surname, and MIL because as a child, she reacted to being bitten by a baby chick by stomping on it.
I use the term “chick” both in reference to myself and other women. Of course, I also frequently use the term “bimbo”, always in a complimentary fashion though. I would never, say, refer to a mere hussy as a bimbo. Being a bimbo is something we chicks really have to work at.
Irony of ironies–only two short months ago, Wildest Bill started this thread, bitching and moaning about people “taking the Lord’s name in vain,” and how offensive it is.
When I ring up my best female friend, I often say “Hey, chick” by way of greeting. I have a lot of male friends/co workers and I don’t get offended if they refer to me as a ‘chick’.
That said, I don’t like it when strange men call me ‘chick’, or even worse: ‘chickie’ (grr). But then I don’t like it when any stranger (male or female) uses thinks like ‘babe’, ‘hon’, ‘sweetie’ when talking to me.
As for guys to describe a mixed group, go for it! I can’t see why anyone would find that offensive.
What ever. Man, you are reaching for the sky on that analogy. First the bogus racial anology now this?
Not taking the Lord’s name in vain is one of His 10 Commandments. The term “chick” as far I know(prove me wrong) is not in any document not to use. And I do not use the term “chick” in a duragotory manner. I have already said how much I respect women. That is why I was asking this question in the first place remember to see if women did object to it.
So far from the responses most do not in the proper setting. AND I already said(in this thread)I would not use the term where it might offend someone. So why are you trying to pigeon hole me with this bogus #2 analogy.
Pl,
You are usually pretty fair debater but on this issue for some reason you have totally whacked out man. This was really suppose to be just a light fun silly thread not a heavy dark thread. You must be stressed over the election or something. Please for your sake and mine do what it says on a aspirin bottle take 2 and stay away from children until you feel better.
“Chick” my mom objects to, I don’t mind. I’ll think you are an idiot if you aren’t a close friend of mine, but I use it so I can’t really complain. I prefer chica, actually.
I much prefer made up pet names, tailored just for me and my friends. Little, individual signs of affection make me happy.
“Guys” is fine. (And if they don’t shut up sometime soon some of the guys on my floor are going to be maimed…)
All in all, language is language. There are certain formal things that should be followed if you want to appear to have an IQ, but there aren’t any words that are bad in and of themselves. (Not that you will hear me say " 'sup, nigga!" any time in the near future.)
I might use it when ‘woman’ or ‘girl’ or ‘ma’am’ or ‘lady’ sounds odd.
I’ve always found the first of those to be kind of awkward when referring to a 20-something female that looks and acts 15. ‘Chick’ leaps into my brain at these times.
But generally I’d never refer to anyone as a chick unless they were a friend and I knew they didn’t care.
