Classifieds Codes

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A list of abbreviations in the "Women Seeking Men" Classifieds:

CODE WORD                MEANS
=========                =====
40-ish                   48
Adventurous              Has had more partners than you ever will 
Affectionate             Possessive
Artist                   Unreliable
Athletic                 Flat chested 
Average Looking          Ugly
Beautiful                Pathological liar 
Commitment-minded        Pick out curtains now! 
Communication important  Just try to get a word in edgewise 
Contagious Smile         Bring your penicillin
Educated                 College dropout 
Emotionally Secure       Medicated
Employed                 Has part-time job stuffing envelopes at
                          home
Enjoys art and opera     Snob
Enjoys nature            Bring your own granola 
Exotic Beauty            Would frighten a Martian 
Feminist                 Fat; ball-buster
Financially secure       One paycheck from the street 
Free spirit              Substance user
Friendship First         Trying to live down reputation as a slut 
Fun                      Annoying
Gentle                   Comatose
Good Listener            Borderline Autistic 
Humorous                 Caustic
Intuitive                Your opinion doesn't count
In Transition            Needs new sugar-daddy to pay the bills 
Light Drinker            Lush
Looks Younger            If viewed from far away in bad light 
Loves Travel             If you're paying
Loves Animals            Cat lady
Mature                   Will not let you treat her like a farm
                          animal in bed, like last boyfriend did
New-age                  All body hair, all the time 
Non-traditional          Ex-husband lives in the basement 
Old-fashioned            Lights out, missionary position only 
Open-minded              Desperate
Outgoing                 Loud
Passionate               Loud
Petite                   Wouldn't stand out in a pack of 
                          Munchkins
Poet                     Depressive Schizophrenic 
Professional             Bitch
Redhead                  Shops on the Clairol aisle 
Reliable                 Frumpy
Reubenesque              Grossly fat
Romantic                 Looks better by candle light 
Self-employed            Jobless
Smart                    Insipid
Special                  Rode the short schoolbus 
Spiritual                Involved with a cult 
Stable                   Boring
Tall, thin               Anorexic
Tan                      Wrinkled
Voluptuous               Very fat
Weight proportional
  to height              Hugely fat
Wants Soulmate           One step away from stalking 
Widow                    Nagged first husband to death 
Writer                   Pompous
Young at Heart           Toothless Crone

AND THE MEN'S SIDE:

40-ish                   52 and looking for a 25 year old 
Affectionate             Needy and looking for mother-figure 
Artist                   Delicate ego badly in need of massage 
Athletic                 Sits on the couch and watches ESPN 
Average Looking          Unusual hair growth on ears, nose and
                           back
Distinguished-Looking    Fat, gray and bald
Educated                 Will always treat you like an idiot 
Employed                 On management track at Radio Shack 
Financially Secure       I will spend some money on you, in 
                           return for which I will expect you
                           to obey my every whim for the duration 
                           of your mortal life
Free Spirit              Sleeps with your sister
Friendship First         As long as friendship involves nudity 
Fun                      Good with a remote and a six-pack 
Good Looking             Arrogant bastard
Honest                   Pathological liar
Huggable                 Overweight, more body hair than Gentle
                           Ben
Light drinker            Headed for AA
Likes to cuddle          Insecure, overly dependent 
Likes romantic walks
   on the beach          I read Cosmo and think this is what you 
                           want to hear
Mature                   Until you get to know him 
Open-minded              Wants to sleep with your sister, but 
                           she's not interested
Physically fit           I spend a lot of time in front of 
                           mirrors admiring myself
Poet                     Once wrote on a bathroom stall while
                           constipated
Professional             Owns a white button down shirt 
Reliable                 Shows up on time--give or take 3 hours 
Self-employed            Same as for women plus eat nachos all
                           weekend
Sensitive                Needy
Smart                    Thinks Cheers is "the wittiest show 
                           ever on t.v."
Spiritual                Once went to church with his grandmother
                           on Easter
Stable                   Occasional stalker, but never arrested 
Thoughtful               Says "please" when demanding a beer 
Virile                   Can read 3 Penthouse Forums without 
                           passing out
Young at Heart           Pedophile