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Thread #30288 Message #388367
Posted By: Ebbie
02-Feb-01 - 12:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: What is the derivation of 'broad'?
Subject: RE: BS - What is the derivation of 'broad'?
Sexual Slang: There may also be some suggestion of 'bawd' since it is close in sound to 'broad.'
For another spin on it--
A Feminist Dictionary, 1985, "...a woman who is liberal, tolerant, unconfined and not limited or narrow in scope."