# Is "chick" allowed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chick-allowed/850703>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 30, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chick-allowed/850703 "2020-03-30T21:29:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chick-allowed/850703/101 "2020-04-03T22:07:17Z")

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> [@Fleetwood](#):
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> Yeah. By the grammar police for using ‘all of a sudden…’ instead of ‘suddenly…’.

Cite?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chick-allowed/850703/102 "2020-04-05T00:18:56Z")

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What’s the current thinking on “little lady”?

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chick-allowed/850703/103 "2020-04-05T21:51:42Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> What’s the current thinking on “little lady”?

What are your thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chick-allowed/850703/104 "2020-04-05T22:04:51Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> What’s the current thinking on “little lady”?

Are you referring to a female child or a female adult under 3 ft. tall?

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