Re: Word used more than once

on 5/6/06 2:03 PM, Michael Adams at michael.adams1@US.ARMY.MIL wrote:

> Wierd how words debending on where they are used and
> circumstances, can mean different things.
>
> Mistress: Can mean the lady of the house, namely a term that
> servants call the madame of the house or a female member of the
> household they work in, but above a certain age, such as around
> 12 or so.. Below that age, they call the lady something else?
>
> Mistress can also mean a women that is having an affair, but it
> is all based on her relationship to the normally male persons
> she is having an affair (sexual in this example) with.. Often it
> seems it is a lower social status, namely she is HIS mistress
> aka female lover, out of his marriage..
ALSO _Mistress_ has a definite BDSM (Bondage & Discipline, Sadism &
Masochism) meaning as well...


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