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So my question to the MoF community at large is this: is metermaid a sexist term?
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At the time, I thought she was parking enforcement, which I only explain because I think of those three-wheeled vehicles when I think of the term “metermaid”.
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I think metermaid sounds slightly derogatory in that it sounds like a diminished value position and I believe though I could be wrong they are police officers.
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However, I do think society at large would consider a ‘metermaid’ diminished compared to a ‘police officer’ or ‘police woman’ for that matter.
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The metermaid devours the mermaid or the ocean itself; and the wisdom is reconstituted soybeans for the sake of recycling if the font size is.
Everything2 New Writeups Teresa Heinz 2010
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There is this metermaid giving a ticket to a car parked, and I'm thinking they over stayed the metered parking.
Ang's Weird Ideas 2009
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Roxy - A no-nonsense reaper who works as a metermaid and treats George with a lot of adult respect,
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The pills have an amazing side effect for the metermaid.
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I leave it as an exercise to the reader to decide, between pilot / stewardess, doctor / nurse, policeman / metermaid, which would be which.
MetaFilter 2009
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Odd. On the way back I noticed the same metermaid giving a ticket to another car on the other side of the street and I look at the time left on that meter; 15 minutes still left.
Ang's Weird Ideas 2009
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