On Apr 3, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Calls-a-Spade-a-Spade wrote:

I have a Late Night Gen­tle­man Caller who prefers I not refer to him as such, but is hes­i­tant about any terms to do with dating/seeing/banging. Are there any other palat­able descrip­tive options I could uti­lize to relay this person’s simul­ta­ne­ously triv­ial and crit­i­cal sta­tus in my life?

Thanks,
Calls-a-Spade-a-Spade

Calls-a-Spade-a-Spade,

There are, in fact, plenty of palat­able alter­na­tives. These are, how­ever, not quite as easy to digest. If “Late Night Gen­tle­man Caller” is an unpleas­ant term in his mind’s ear, you may then use the fol­low­ing and grad­u­ally use them in order of vulgarity:

  1. Back­door Man
  2. Booty Call
  3. Fuck Buddy

Quite frankly, “Late Night Gen­tle­man Caller” is an excep­tional term. At the very least, it implies a cer­tain level of respect you have for this per­son. You could very eas­ily refer to him as “dude I’m totally bang­ing on the reg­u­lar”, but you choose to be polite and civil. That’s commendable.

But, at the end of the day, if you aren’t attend­ing social engage­ments as a couple—dating, as it were—it doesn’t mat­ter how you refer to him. Like Juliet said, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” [Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 45–46)]

Tell him to get over it; you could very eas­ily call him much worse things.

Just my $0.02
Julius Pleasar

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