Hit me with your PC stick: Breeders

[stephbg]

[Poll #1365260]

I might point out that the appropriate term for breeding females here would be "queens" :-)

Granted, the fathers often get the short end of the nomenclature stick with "tom" for example, (or "lunch") but perhaps we could go for the more flattering "sire".

Comments

[baby-elvis.livejournal.com]

I have only heard it used offensively, but I've never noticed you use it and I know you wouldn't mean it to be so.

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

AFAIK I haven't used the term lately. It may have come up in a rant about insufficient child care *forcing* a breeder/worker dichotomy, but I wouldn't dream of using it offensively. "Skank" (for example) is much less ambiguous.