Go steady what does it mean

True, I failed, sorry I consulted other doctionaries, but they didn't say how common is this expression, nor what is its usage So can I say?

Did you know that she is going steady with an older man? Usually, "going steady" is used in the context of younger people, if not just youths or teenagers. English-Ireland top end. I don't believe this is a current expression. Once upon a time, long, long ago, to be going steady was the term used to indicate that a couple had a long-term relationship. The current terminology, as perceived from a distance, includes: Are Bill and Hazel together? Bill is with Hazel you know. To explain the archaic usage, we'd never have said She goes steady with He is going steady with It was always something like: Bill and Hazel are going steady I see.

In this way, I know how and when to use it. If I hadn't asked you, I would have wrongly used this expression Thank you. I've seen this in various places: a boy or a girl asks their partner, who they've been seeing for some time, to 'go steady with them'. I first assumed it meant simply to go dating with them, but a lot of the time it is used it is to people who are already in a relationship.

I then thought it referred to sex, but then I saw it in a Disney cartoon. I've looked it up but not really been enlightened. Can any of the American forumites shed light on this? Moderator note: Thread merged with a previous one on the same subject. I'm sorry if I'm posting on the wrong thread - I can't figure out which one is the old one and which is the new one on which we are supposed to post I hope it's this one! As someone under the age of 30, I wanted to point out that "going steady" is not considered a very contemporary phrase by American youths anymore.

It has a very 's or 's feel. Though it does usually refer to teenagers dating and not to older people, I have never heard anyone my age or younger actually use it. Indeed, once when I was in High School, already 10 years ago, as a joke I said I was "going steady" to one of my friends. They laughed and replied "Going steady? What are you, 40? When the women came, he was preparing to go to the west side for his daily visit with Mrs.

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