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I'm going to start keeping my ears peeled for these "ettes"; I hadn't really noticed that much up til now (probably because I'm just so busy trying to get the main gist when people speak that I don't listen as much to the detail).
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Yes, Kristin, the "ettes" have it, very charming and one could get carried away which is not a bad idea.
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Yes, Kristin, the "ettes" have it, very charming and one could get carried away which is not a bad idea.
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I'm going to start keeping my ears peeled for these "ettes"; I hadn't really noticed that much up til now probably because I'm just so busy trying to get the main gist when people speak that I don't listen as much to the detail.
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Leslie Gore, the Supremes, and the dozens and dozens of groups all ending with "- ettes".
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Leslie Gore, the Supremes, and the dozens and dozens of groups all ending with "- ettes".
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Luanne Bradley, EcoSalon 2009
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Except now they are all about being trashy and slutty - unlike all of those "- ettes".
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Leslie Gore, the Supremes, and the dozens and dozens of groups all ending with "- ettes".
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Leslie Gore, the Supremes, and the dozens and dozens of groups all ending with "- ettes".
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Except now they are all about being trashy and slutty - unlike all of those "- ettes".
Gammerstang commented on the word ettes
(pl. noun) - Suffragettes; women organized for a political purpose.
--Maurice Weseen's Dictionary of American Slang, 1934
January 14, 2018