Grammar Peeve

[Remiel]

Am I bad person for wanting to take people who use the nouns " woman " and " women " as adjectives, and slowly roasting them on a spit over a hot fire? According to Wikipedia, English and other Germanic languages do sometimes allow nouns to be used as adjectives, but I do not believe this is one of those cases. Whenever I read something like " a woman President " I see red. I mean, imagine reading " a man President " which sounds just as bad and is even more obviously wrong, and uses the exact same structure.

Not that anyone on this forum is guilty of this transgression, but it is something I see far too much in the media these days.

[Charles Anthony]

I agree. People should say "a womanly President" or "a manly President" instead.

I suppose they could say "a womanizing President" or "a manizing President" too.

[BC_chick]

I suppose "female president" is the correct way to state it. But I guess each person has their own pet peeve, I hate using male/female in everyday usage of the word - it sounds so clinical.

What is your suggestion?

[geoffrey]

How about we ignore gender and just realise that they are President??

Gender descriptors are out of touch with the reality of today.

[Canuck E Stan]

Gender descriptors are out of touch with the reality of today.

What if you're a girly man?

[BubberMiley]

Gender descriptors are out of touch with the reality of today.

Did something happen that I'm unaware of? Last I checked, there was still a difference.