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women's lib

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1969, OED Evaluation: colloq.

Women's Liberation (The liberation of women from inferior social status and all forms of sexual discrimination; a movement with these aims.)

ExampleMeaning
McLeech's have been the same place for seven-hundred years, they weren't all sons you-know. If a girl, the one that married the McLeech-girl, he takes her name, McLeech. That's funny but, that's women's lib and they had it way back in those days. It was only right, too, you-know. You-know it saved a lot of fighting in the family, perhaps them bad uncles would grab for it ...
Women's Liberation (The liberation of women from inferior social status and all forms of sexual discrimination; a movement with these aims.)
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Interesting there's that perception. I mean is that true of the larger business world? Like, is there men's jobs, women's jobs-? Speaker: Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Women's lib never happened, plus- but if you- again, if you go back and look at the skills, okay, they are- it's is- yes, there's a significant portion that's business skills, but a lot of it still is that nurturing, interpersonal, communicating ...
Women's Liberation (The liberation of women from inferior social status and all forms of sexual discrimination; a movement with these aims.)
ExampleMeaning
Probably relatively okay but it's very macho sort-of- so Tim would be a little more macho than one might wish he were and Linda's quite you-know, relatively you-know, women's-lib sort of thing and, anyway. I don't know if you got anymore questions to ask me?
Women's Liberation (The liberation of women from inferior social status and all forms of sexual discrimination; a movement with these aims.)
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: But I wouldn't have gone anyway because I don't- I guess I'm old fashion enough to believe that I don't think a man should have to travel around because his wife has a job somewhere. Interviewer: Hm. Speaker: I-guess I'm not women's-lib. Interviewer: Aw (laughs).
Women's Liberation (The liberation of women from inferior social status and all forms of sexual discrimination; a movement with these aims.)