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comment by briandmyers
briandmyers  ·  3418 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do some words bother you?

I live in NZ, and we usually say "partner". If you mean "business partner", you say "business partner"; otherwise it's assumed to mean "romantic partner", which I think is kinda opposite of the American usage.





psudo  ·  3418 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No, you'll pretty much never say "romantic partner." In fact I'd say it's most commonly used to denote people in a gay relationship.