A List of Abbreviations in the "Women Seeking Men" Classifieds:<br /><br />Code Word: 40-ish <br />Really Means: 48 <br /><br />Code Word: Adventurous <br />Really Means: Has had more partners than you ever will <br /><br />Code Word: Affectionate <br />Really Means: Possessive <br /><br />Code Word: Artist <br />Really Means: Unreliable <br /><br />Code Word: Athletic <br />Really Means: Flat chested <br /><br />Code Word: Average looking <br />Really Means: Ugly <br /><br />Code Word: Beautiful <br />Really Means: Pathological liar <br /><br />Code Word: Commitment-minded <br />Really Means: Pick out curtains, now! <br /><br />Code Word: Communication important <br />Really Means: Just try to get a word in edge-wise <br /><br />Code Word: Contagious Smile <br />Really Means: Bring your penicillin <br /><br />Code Word: Educated <br />Really Means: College dropout <br /><br />Code Word: Emotionally Secure <br />Really Means: Medicated <br /><br />Code Word: Employed <br />Really Means: Has part-time job stuffing envelopes at home <br /><br />Code Word: Enjoys art and opera <br />Really Means: Snob <br /><br />Code Word: Enjoys Nature <br />Really Means: Bring your own granola <br /><br />Code Word: Exotic Beauty <br />Really Means: Would frighten a Martian <br /><br />Code Word: Feminist <br />Really Means: Fat; ball buster <br /><br />Code Word: Financially Secure <br />Really Means: One paycheck from the street <br /><br />Code Word: Free spirit <br />Really Means: Substance user <br /><br />Code Word: Friendship first <br />Really Means: Trying to live down reputation as **** <br /><br />Code Word: Fun <br />Really Means: Annoying <br /><br />Code Word: Gentle <br />Really Means: Comatose <br /><br />Code Word: Good Listener <br />Really Means: Borderline Autistic <br /><br />Code Word: Humorous <br />Really Means: Caustic <br /><br />Code Word: Intuitive <br />Really Means: Your opinion doesn't count <br /><br />Code Word: In Transition <br />Really Means: Needs new sugar-daddy to pay the bills <br /><br />Code Word: Light drinker <br />Really Means: Lush <br /><br />Code Word: Looks younger <br />Really Means: If viewed from far away in bad light <br /><br />Code Word: Loves Travel <br />Really Means: If you're paying <br /><br />Code Word: Loves Animals <br />Really Means: Cat lady <br /><br />Code Word: Mature <br />Really Means: Will not let you treat her like a farm animal in bed, like last boyfriend did <br /><br />Code Word: New-Age <br />Really Means: All body hair, all the time <br /><br />Code Word: Non-tradional <br />Really Means: Ex-husband lives in the basement <br /><br />Code Word: Open-minded <br />Really Means: Desperate <br /><br />Code Word: Outgoing <br />Really Means: Loud <br /><br />Code Word: Passionate <br />Really Means: Loud <br /><br />Code Word: Petite <br />Really Means: Wouldn't stand out in a pack of Munchkins <br /><br />Code Word: Poet <br />Really Means: Depressive Schzophrenic <br /><br />Code Word: Redhead <br />Really Means: Shops on the Clairol aisle <br /><br />Code Word: Reliable <br />Really Means: Frumpy <br /><br />Code Word: Reubenesque <br />Really Means: Grossly Fat <br /><br />Code Word: Romantic <br />Really Means: Looks better by candle light <br /><br />Code Word: Self-employed <br />Really Means: Jobless <br /><br />Code Word: Smart <br />Really Means: Insipid <br /><br />Code Word: Special <br />Really Means: Road the short schoolbus <br /><br />Code Word: Spiritual <br />Really Means: Involved with a cult <br /><br />Code Word: Stable <br />Really Means: Boring <br /><br />Code Word: Tall, thin <br />Really Means: Anorexic <br /><br />Code Word: Tan <br />Really Means: Wrinkled <br /><br />Code Word: Voluptuous <br />Really Means: Very Fat <br /><br />Code Word: Weight proportional to height <br />Really Means: Hugely Fat <br /><br />Code Word: Wants Soulmate <br />Really Means: One step away from stalking <br /><br />Code Word: Widow <br />Really Means: Nagged first husband to death <br /><br />Code Word: Writer <br />Really Means: Pompous <br /><br />Code Word: Young at heart <br />Really Means: Old Toothless Fogie
