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Borat came out twenty years ago this year–closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today–but it honestly feels like it’s been even longer, somehow.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3237/
A solution is “my partner”. Although I don’t use it myself, I think it’s a better term, if the relationship is a good one.