mask  +  23709 Thu, 26 Feb 04 08:47 PM What is the L-word? mask Joined on Sun, Feb 22 2004 Junior Member 56

	Woodward  +  23716 Thu, 26 Feb 04 10:16 PM Maybe it is 'LOVE'. What context did you hear it in? Woodward Joined on Tue, Jun 24 2003 A New Zealander in Chile Senior Member 2,764 Don't let schooling interfere with your education. www.grammar.cl - www.vocabulary.cl

	mask  +  23718 Thu, 26 Feb 04 11:02 PM I think I figured it out myself. It was from the latest episode of Gilmore Girls. Paris says that she is going to sleep with the other girls, since she is scared of being infected with the cold that Rory's caught. Rory then says something like "How very the l-word!" L-word = lesbian? mask

	suzi  +  24015 Sun, 29 Feb 04 11:55 AM there is a new programme on air the US at the moment called the L word and it is about lesbians, so it could be that. It could be love, too, it would depend on the context. It is a popular construction in UK and can be made to fit any number of situations, like parents discussing getting a toddler to bed might say "shall we mention the B word?" it is also used extensively to discuss taboo words in polite company: the F word the C word, for instance suzi Joined on Wed, Jan 7 2004 Full Member 465 Constructions