Timeline for How do you name the phenomenon of being single at a late age?
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| Nov 19, 2022 at 23:30 | history | notice added | tchrist♦ | Needs detailed answers | |
| Nov 19, 2022 at 23:30 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Nov 13, 2022 at 7:26 | comment | added | Rosie F | Do you want an ungendered term, or one specific to women? | |
| Nov 13, 2022 at 0:49 | answer | added | paul garrett | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 12, 2022 at 11:36 | vote | accept | Michael | ||
| Nov 12, 2022 at 11:34 | comment | added | Michael | Thanks for the comments, added clarification to the question. Hope it helps | |
| Nov 12, 2022 at 11:33 | history | edited | Michael | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Nov 12, 2022 at 9:47 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| Nov 12, 2022 at 9:47 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | @Michael Please see our help for single-word-request questions and our help for translation questions. Currently this question does not match the criteria for either tag. | |
| Nov 12, 2022 at 9:45 | history | edited | Andrew Leach♦ |
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| Nov 12, 2022 at 3:03 | history | edited | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2022 at 19:39 | comment | added | Tuffy | This question seems to me off-topic, in that it has no explanation of the context in which such a term would be needed. There is, sadly, nothing unusual about the phenomenon of lone old women, for the simple reason that women on average live longer than men. You need to explain why this characteristic is of interest. Such a classification could be regarded as offensive. Describing women as 'spinsters' (or men, for that matter, as bachelors) is widely and rightly frowned on. I see that you have accepted the word 'spinster'. | |
| Nov 11, 2022 at 19:14 | answer | added | HippoSawrUs | timeline score: 11 | |
| Nov 11, 2022 at 14:59 | comment | added | Mitch | @Michael What are the nuances of that Hebrew term that you want in the English term? Is it slightly pejorative? Is it part of the term that they are interested (or not at all interested) in making a relationship? Does the age have to be -in- the phrasing, or simply implied eg "woman of a certain age"? etc etc. What is the context in the original? Is the phrasing in Hebrew a new term there for a new sociological phenomenon? Is the phrase simply descriptive? So many nuances..please add to your question. | |
| Nov 11, 2022 at 13:41 | answer | added | Pablo H | timeline score: 14 | |
| Nov 11, 2022 at 10:15 | comment | added | Michael | @MCEmperor the article was in Hebrew, and the word was "רווקות מאוחרת" which in Google Translate is translated to "Late bachelorhood" | |
| Nov 11, 2022 at 9:07 | comment | added | MC Emperor | Out of curiosity – what was the original word you were trying to translate? | |
| Nov 11, 2022 at 8:30 | comment | added | Michael | @BobaFit completely neutral, non judgemental in any way... | |
| Nov 11, 2022 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1590856951096918020 | ||
| Nov 10, 2022 at 23:51 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Nov 10, 2022 at 18:56 | vote | accept | Michael | ||
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| Nov 10, 2022 at 18:41 | comment | added | Boba Fit | You will need to be careful about the tone. Do you want a term that is neutral? Or that implies the person is somehow a failure because they never married? Or even that they are somehow superior because they are unmarried? | |
| Nov 10, 2022 at 16:18 | answer | added | Jack O'Flaherty | timeline score: 21 | |
| Nov 10, 2022 at 16:07 | answer | added | DJClayworth | timeline score: 32 | |
| Nov 10, 2022 at 15:47 | history | asked | Michael | CC BY-SA 4.0 |