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MadameMarque -> RE: question about SAMs... (10/9/2005 9:35:22 AM)
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SAM = Single Asian Male
- Speaking as an admirer of the same, I keep my eye out for this little acronym. It is as Target said. Even now, same in online profiles as in print, it's Single Asian Male, just as SWF is Single White Female - marital status, race, gender.
Sammie = Smart-Assed Masochist
These terms are sometimes regional, but I have always heard this acronym lengthened from SAM to Sammie, when referring to a Smart-Assed Masochist.
The trouble with SAM and Sammie is that they both sound and look like an actual first name (well, it's usually spelled "Sammy," for the common name, but...), so that the intended meaning can be missed by readers.
This may be why SAM, especially, is not so commonly used. I see "Azn" sometimes used, now, to indicate Asian.
"Love is the Law; Love under will."
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