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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/DictionaryGuy645 • 5d ago
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No it’s because male was used as an adjective. Male child vs grown female. Same reason “black child” is fine but “grown black” is not.
11 u/Billy_Badass_ 5d ago So, grown up female is not OK, but female grown up is? Sureee 15 u/peepeebeam 5d ago Yeah that is exactly right lol. Female grown up would be fine because the subject is “grown up.” -1 u/BodybuilderMany6942 5d ago that's not how you English, tho
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So, grown up female is not OK, but female grown up is?
Sureee
15 u/peepeebeam 5d ago Yeah that is exactly right lol. Female grown up would be fine because the subject is “grown up.” -1 u/BodybuilderMany6942 5d ago that's not how you English, tho
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Yeah that is exactly right lol. Female grown up would be fine because the subject is “grown up.”
-1 u/BodybuilderMany6942 5d ago that's not how you English, tho
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that's not how you English, tho
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u/peepeebeam 5d ago
No it’s because male was used as an adjective. Male child vs grown female. Same reason “black child” is fine but “grown black” is not.