# "In a relationship" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 5, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906 "2009-01-05T03:44:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906/41 "2009-01-05T23:34:40Z")
- going around - scamming with/on - cum dumpster (around your guy friends) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906/42 "2009-01-06T00:41:18Z")
Attached. Short version: “We’re attached.” Glurgy, snuggly-wuggly version: “We’re attached at the heart.” Smart-aleck version: “We’re attached at the groin.” ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906/43 "2009-01-06T01:28:43Z")
She’s my “it’s complicated”. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906/44 "2009-01-06T01:37:15Z")
She’s my domestic energy resource. (She shouts “Drill, Baby, Drill…!” a lot) ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906/45 "2009-01-06T01:40:32Z")
MrWhatsit has consistently referred to me as “the concubine” since before we were married. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906/46 "2009-01-06T08:06:37Z")
I like concubine! I just remembered that my friend refers to her husband as “The Toyboy” because he’s a couple of months younger than she is. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906/47 "2009-01-06T09:56:45Z")
When I’ve been dating and someone asks me if I’m single I say that “no, I’m plural”. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906/48 "2009-01-06T15:13:12Z")
Whatever happened to POSSLQ? I actually like the term ERRUM. As in an introduction being made: “This is Joe. He’s Jane’s…err…um…”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906/49 "2009-01-07T03:01:45Z")
**Clothahump** , what’s POSSLQ? **jackdavinci** , I will remember that one! ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906/50 "2009-01-07T14:16:08Z")
> [@Lionne](#): > > **Clothahump** , what’s POSSLQ? Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters. Wow, I haven’t heard that one in twenty years! ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906/51 "2009-01-07T21:33:02Z")
“I’m in love.” works wonderfully well. So does “I’d like you to meet \_\_\_\_. I love him.” A bit more playful/ less serious can be “I’d like you to meet \_\_\_\_. He’s my favorite!” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906/52 "2009-01-08T02:08:18Z")
> [@troub](#): > > A couple decades ago in Louisiana my grandmother (“nanny”) called me “boo” all the time. It was used as a term of endearment and had nothing at all as far as I can discern to do with the word “beau.” Your grandma aside, in the context of rap song lyrics, does it have anything to do with reclaiming the word “jiggaboo”? There’s a song called “jigga my nigga” too… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-relationship/479906.md?page=2)