Blokes calling their girlfriend their 'missus'

[Power King]

Idiocy.

Why would you do it?

Any bloke that does this deserves to be sat in a chair and forced to face the wall for 600 hours, with caroline wilson's voice protruding into both ear drums for the entire time, and a poster of her face staring right at you from 10 cm in front.

Missus entails marriage, yet generation y has again taken the meaning out of a word such that it is all but gone.

Nowadays when reading the internet or listening to someone talk and they mention the word 'missus', it is no longer clear whether they are married or not, simply because the actual meaning of the word has been killed by nuff nuffs.

So to any bloke out there that uses this word incorrectly, why the **** do you do it?

 

[Dont be a lemon]

Frankly, 'missus' has always struck me as a rather bogan term.

 

[JimDocker]

It is one term I have never used. It does sound bogany.

I don't say bucks either. I say dollars. It just doesn't sound right to me but other people saying sounds ok.

 

[Tex_21]

I get into trouble for referring to her as the missus, but do it anyway. **** it.

 

[we57st]

Yep, it definitely has bogan origins but seems to have been adopted by the young ones of today who have a tendency to adopt those once-daggy trends and turned them into the current day cutting edge - eg, 80s tight jeans, ugg boots, stupid haircuts, flannies.......the list goes on.

 

[Power King]

I get into trouble for referring to her as the missus, but do it anyway. **** it.

Why do you do it if you're not married?

 

[Tex_21]

Why do you do it if you're not married?

Habit. You do realise that not every nickname is literal? Me referring to Dale Thomas as a dousche(sp?) does not mean he literally is used as a hygenic tool does it? THerefore referring to my gf as a missus, doesn't mean we're married.

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

These days people use the term 'missus' to refer to their gf's. The meaning of the term has changed, as has the meaning of a lot of words over the years.

Why is it such a bad thing?

 

[Ingall]

I usually go with 'wench'. Sometimes I even use her name.

 

[u-hookin-me]

Gay use to mean happy. Missus used to mean wife and now it has just evolved to GF. Who really cares. Meanings of words change from generation to generation.

 

[St 07]

What about blokes who call your girlfriend their missus?

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Sometimes I even use her name.

Settle mate.

 

[kira]

adaptation of the english language

happens all the time, isn't a gen y thing

and yes i do use the term missus for gf..... so?

 

[Power King]

^Again, why do it?

Following everyone else?

 

[kira]

^Again, why do it?

Following everyone else?

no particular reason

take the piss out of mates.... who are tied down balls and chain by their gf

the term is socially accepted and used, so i picked up on it

frankly there isn't a particular reason why i use the term, or why i don't

why did 'shall', started getting phased out for 'will', and then will started getting phased out for 'gonna'?

 

[Macca19]

Frankly, 'missus' has always struck me as a rather bogan term.

This.

 

[Power King]

no particular reason

take the piss out of mates.... who are tied down balls and chain by their gf

the term is socially accepted and used, so i picked up on it

frankly there isn't a particular reason why i use the term, or why i don't

why did 'shall', started getting phased out for 'will', and then will started getting phased out for 'gonna'?

Shall, Will and Going To (ie. gonna) and synonyms though - different example.

'Gay' is also a different example, because missus is an everyday term today, the meaning of which is universal - until recently due to a few people in australia's generation y. Gay, although technically meaning happy, was never a prominent synonym for happy.

Mrs is seen on every application form today, so its first and only meaning (married female, it cannot mean anything else) is well-known and well-used.

 

[patsmith]

It probably came about from people giving their mates shit about being pussy-whipped by their girlfriend. Don't really use the term myself, but it seems a bit precious to get worked up over it.

 

[Carl Hooper]

I don't think its bogan, its pretty much used by everyone not over 50yo.

 

[magic_johnson!]

But your girlfriend is not your missus! She is not Mrs. Your last name!
Missus means your wife, and i really dislike it when boyfriends use it.

 

[Ricketts]

Agree, i hate the word. Even if they are married.

 

[Power King]

I don't think its bogan, its pretty much used by everyone not over 25-30yo.

efa.

But your girlfriend is not your missus! She is not Mrs. Your last name!
Missus means your wife, and i really dislike it when boyfriends use it.

^This.

Don't think it came about as a rebuttal to being pussywhipped, as pussywhipped blokes don't acknowledge their pussywhippage.

Most likely came about as a 'cool' way of referring to the gf

 

[Tormented Tiger]

Such a bogan term, I call mine the "handbrake" as she's always their putting the stop on any fun.

 

[James_Hutchy]

No way

 

[Pumbi]

Sounds like there is something more to this then meets the eye. Can't see how such a topic could force a thread out of someone if there wasn't something else aggravating the issue.

Sure, it is illogical and incorrect in theory, but my insides do not turn when I hear it.

Does anyone ever get into those arguments with your mates, when you are clearly the winner, but the victory feels hollow? I would assume this is how I would feel if I won this argument, against a friend for example who calls his girlfiend his 'missus'. Sure, you would prove them wrong with the theoretical aspect, but you would probably end up looking like a tool for it. Because no one would care.