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Old 03-30-2017, 07:18 AM
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Default Re: Movies that aren't really BAD -- but aren't very good, either

"The boy on the train" would imply he was either young (early 20s or younger) or he was seen as a romantic prospect by another person who was of a similar or older age, but that comes with certain connotations and doesn't work in all contexts (if you were out at the bar, you could say something like "See any boys you like?" even if the people involved were middle aged).

"Guy" can be used for boys (children), but I think it's mostly teenagers and adults. It works pretty well at covering that in-between period. There isn't really an equivalent for women, which would be useful.

There are, of course, other words for women that can be used for Emily Blunt's age range, but they are either suffer similar problems as girl ("gal") or are considerably worse ("chick", "bird", etc.) or are otherwise not really appropriate in meaning ("lady").
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