Talk:Mistress (lover)
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[edit] Jimmy DellaValle
Most of my recent edit is punctuation and grammar cleanup, but I also removed the reference to "(Yet another Jimmyism: 'When you marry your mistress you create a job vacancy.')" in the middle of the note. Is this about Jimmy DellaValle? The reference is about a quote from a particular person, so something someone else said doesn't belong there. Also, it appeared to be in the middle of the obituary quote. Steve Pucci | talk 17:12, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Oops, my bad, I misread the quote. I'm putting it back now. Steve Pucci | talk 17:15, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry you have lost me completely. What are you talking about?...and who the hell is Jimmy DellaValle? Giano | talk 17:19, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- You could do me a favor by pretending I never wrote the first paragraph. :-) I've restored the quote. Steve Pucci | talk 17:20, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
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- I have just googled Jimmy DellaValle! Not quite James Goldsmith is he? I'll do you the favour, and give silent thanks America does not see the need to export all it's "talented wit" to our unsullied shores;-D Giano | talk 17:35, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, well. Just to be clear, I only know about Jimmy DellaValle because I googled Jimmyism and that's what popped up first (well, after the "religion for agnostics" and a chat userid). :-) No, he's definitely not James Goldsmith, in any sense. Steve Pucci | talk 17:52, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
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- You could do me a favor by pretending I never wrote the first paragraph. :-) I've restored the quote. Steve Pucci | talk 17:20, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry you have lost me completely. What are you talking about?...and who the hell is Jimmy DellaValle? Giano | talk 17:19, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Terminology for a male mistress
OK, so a kept woman is the historical definition of mistress. What's the equivalent term for a male? The article skirts around the issue by saying, for example, that Catherine the Great was the mistress of several men, rather than saying she had several "misters" (or whatever you'd call them). The usage note on this page is rather informative and interesting, but still doesn't shed light on the male counterpart of a "mistress". Anyone know what it is? =Axlq 04:32, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
- I came here looking for that answer too.~ZytheTalk to me! 18:38, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
- The male counterpart is "Lover"....... I think Giano 16:49, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
