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In reply to the discussion: We need a new word. [View all]

Journeyman

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8. POSSLQ. . .
Mon May 28, 2012, 01:13 AM
May 2012

Kenny is her POSSLQ.

POSSLQ -- "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters" -- is a term coined in the late 1970s by the U.S. Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households.

CBS commentator Charles Osgood wrote a poem about it after the 1980 census:

My POSSLQ

Come live with me and be my love,
And we will some new pleasures prove
Of golden sands and crystal brooks
With silken lines, and silver hooks.
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
If you would be my POSSLQ.

You live with me, and I with you,
And you will be my POSSLQ.
I'll be your friend and so much more;
That's what a POSSLQ is for.

And everything we will confess;
Yes, even to the IRS.
Some day on what we both may earn,
Perhaps we'll file a joint return.
You'll share my pad, my taxes, joint;
You'll share my life - up to a point!
And that you'll be so glad to do,
Because you'll be my POSSLQ.

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We need a new word. [View all] Ohio Dem May 2012 OP
Partner? MannyGoldstein May 2012 #1
Partner bigwillq May 2012 #2
Yeah, they are partners. Ohio Dem May 2012 #3
OK old one really Old Codger May 2012 #4
How about companion maybe? dballance May 2012 #5
The best way to decide is to ask them. chollybocker May 2012 #6
Agreed Sherman A1 May 2012 #11
Husband. It's a common law marriage. kristopher May 2012 #7
POSSLQ. . . Journeyman May 2012 #8
Common Law Husband. Odin2005 May 2012 #9
Soulmate KansDem May 2012 #10
We don't need a new word. cali May 2012 #12
Actually it is not YOUR Business at all dinopipie May 2012 #13
How about ... GeorgeGist May 2012 #14
Yep. 99Forever May 2012 #17
Colasband. (COmmon LAw huSBAND) Kablooie May 2012 #15
Consort DaveHee May 2012 #16
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