[lbo-talk] This "Partner" Crap

[Shane Mage]

John H. Costello wrote:
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>Now, give me a term to replace the deficient "partners" which includes
>the following groups:  spouses of both genders, boyfriends and
>girlfriends, same-sex partnerships, and multiple-partner families of
>various mixes of genders, since I have friends who are in all these
>different kinds of relationships and I want them all to feel invited.

The French word compagne/compagnon fits all of the above, except
"boyfriend" and "girlfriend" which are petit[e] ami[e].