▲ 117 ▼ Why people say they have a "boy cat" or a "girl cat" but when the cat grows up, they don't call is a "man cat" or "woman cat"? (lemmy.sdf.org) submitted 1 year ago by wesker@lemmy.sdf.org to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 30 points 1 year ago (2 children) IMO: Boy/Girl cat implies gender. Man/Woman cat implies anthropomorphism. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Man animal you say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3OzAfcPb3A permalink fedilink source parent [–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Right but why is that your opinion of how those words work? Because the only strict differentiation between man/boy and woman/girl is age. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Man animal you say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3OzAfcPb3A permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Right but why is that your opinion of how those words work? Because the only strict differentiation between man/boy and woman/girl is age. permalink fedilink source parent