Just something to help you out when checking out the personal ads...
Code Word:40-ish
Really Means:48
Code Word:Adventurous
Really Means:Has had more partners than you ever will
Code Word:Affectionate
Really Meansossessive
Code Word:Artist
Really Means:Unreliable
Code Word:Athletic
Really Means:Flat chested
Code Word:Average looking
Really Means:Ugly
Code Word:Beautiful
Really Meansathological liar
Code Word:Commitment-minded
Really Meansick out curtains, now!
Code Word:Communication important
Really Means:Just try to get a word in edge-wise
Code Word:Contagious Smile
Really Means:Bring your penicillin
Code Word:Educated
Really Means:College dropout
Code Word:Emotionally Secure
Really Means:Medicated
Code Word:Employed
Really Means:Has part-time job stuffing envelopes at home
Code Word:Enjoys art and opera
Really Means:Snob
Code Word:Enjoys Nature
Really Means:Bring your own granola
Code Word:Exotic Beauty
Really Means:Would frighten a Martian
Code Word:Feminist
Really Means:Fat; ball buster
Code Word:Financially Secure
Really Means:One paycheck from the street
Code Word:Free spirit
Really Means:Substance user
Code Word:Friendship first
Really Means:Trying to live down reputation as slut
Code Word:Fun
Really Means:Annoying
Code Word:Gentle
Really Means:Comatose
Code Word:Good Listener
Really Means:Borderline Autistic
Code Word:Humorous
Really Means:Caustic
Code Word:Intuitive
Really Means:Your opinion doesn't count
Code Word:In Transition
Really Means:Needs new sugar-daddy to pay the bills
Code Word:Light drinker
Really Means:Lush
Code Word:Looks younger
Really Means:If viewed from far away in bad light
Code Word:Loves Travel
Really Means:If you're paying
Code Word:Loves Animals
Really Means:Cat lady
Code Word:Mature
Really Means:Will not let you treat her like a farm animal in bed, like last
boyfriend did
Code Word:New-Age
Really Means:All body hair, all the time
Code Word:Non-tradional
Really Means:Ex-husband lives in the basement
Code Word:Old-fashioned
Really Means:Lights out, missionary position only
Code Word:Open-minded
Really Meansesperate
Code Word:Outgoing
Really Means:Loud
Code Wordassionate
Really Means:Loud
Code Wordetite
Really Means:Wouldn't stand out in a pack of Munchkins
Code Wordoet
Really Meansepressive Schzophrenic
Code Wordrofessional
Really Means:Bitch
Code Word:Redhead
Really Means:Shops on the Clairol aisle
Code Word:Reliable
Really Means:Frumpy
Code Word:Reubenesque
Really Means:Grossly Fat
Code Word:Romantic
Really Means:Looks better by candle light
Code Word:Self-employed
Really Means:Jobless
Code Word:Smart
Really Means:Insipid
Code Word:Special
Really Means:Road the short schoolbus
Code Word:Spiritual
Really Means:Involved with a cult
Code Word:Stable
Really Means:Boring
Code Word:Tall, thin
Really Means:Anorexic
Code Word:Tan
Really Means:Wrinkled
Code Word:Voluptuous
Really Means:Very Fat
Code Word:Weight proportional to height
Really Means:Hugely Fat
Code Word:Wants Soulmate
Really Means:One step away from stalking
Code Word:Widow
Really Means:Nagged first husband to death
Code Word:Writer
Really Meansompous
Code Word:Young at heart
Really Means:Old Toothless Fogie
Code Word:40-ish
Really Means:48
Code Word:Adventurous
Really Means:Has had more partners than you ever will
Code Word:Affectionate
Really Meansossessive
Code Word:Artist
Really Means:Unreliable
Code Word:Athletic
Really Means:Flat chested
Code Word:Average looking
Really Means:Ugly
Code Word:Beautiful
Really Meansathological liar
Code Word:Commitment-minded
Really Meansick out curtains, now!
Code Word:Communication important
Really Means:Just try to get a word in edge-wise
Code Word:Contagious Smile
Really Means:Bring your penicillin
Code Word:Educated
Really Means:College dropout
Code Word:Emotionally Secure
Really Means:Medicated
Code Word:Employed
Really Means:Has part-time job stuffing envelopes at home
Code Word:Enjoys art and opera
Really Means:Snob
Code Word:Enjoys Nature
Really Means:Bring your own granola
Code Word:Exotic Beauty
Really Means:Would frighten a Martian
Code Word:Feminist
Really Means:Fat; ball buster
Code Word:Financially Secure
Really Means:One paycheck from the street
Code Word:Free spirit
Really Means:Substance user
Code Word:Friendship first
Really Means:Trying to live down reputation as slut
Code Word:Fun
Really Means:Annoying
Code Word:Gentle
Really Means:Comatose
Code Word:Good Listener
Really Means:Borderline Autistic
Code Word:Humorous
Really Means:Caustic
Code Word:Intuitive
Really Means:Your opinion doesn't count
Code Word:In Transition
Really Means:Needs new sugar-daddy to pay the bills
Code Word:Light drinker
Really Means:Lush
Code Word:Looks younger
Really Means:If viewed from far away in bad light
Code Word:Loves Travel
Really Means:If you're paying
Code Word:Loves Animals
Really Means:Cat lady
Code Word:Mature
Really Means:Will not let you treat her like a farm animal in bed, like last
boyfriend did
Code Word:New-Age
Really Means:All body hair, all the time
Code Word:Non-tradional
Really Means:Ex-husband lives in the basement
Code Word:Old-fashioned
Really Means:Lights out, missionary position only
Code Word:Open-minded
Really Meansesperate
Code Word:Outgoing
Really Means:Loud
Code Wordassionate
Really Means:Loud
Code Wordetite
Really Means:Wouldn't stand out in a pack of Munchkins
Code Wordoet
Really Meansepressive Schzophrenic
Code Wordrofessional
Really Means:Bitch
Code Word:Redhead
Really Means:Shops on the Clairol aisle
Code Word:Reliable
Really Means:Frumpy
Code Word:Reubenesque
Really Means:Grossly Fat
Code Word:Romantic
Really Means:Looks better by candle light
Code Word:Self-employed
Really Means:Jobless
Code Word:Smart
Really Means:Insipid
Code Word:Special
Really Means:Road the short schoolbus
Code Word:Spiritual
Really Means:Involved with a cult
Code Word:Stable
Really Means:Boring
Code Word:Tall, thin
Really Means:Anorexic
Code Word:Tan
Really Means:Wrinkled
Code Word:Voluptuous
Really Means:Very Fat
Code Word:Weight proportional to height
Really Means:Hugely Fat
Code Word:Wants Soulmate
Really Means:One step away from stalking
Code Word:Widow
Really Means:Nagged first husband to death
Code Word:Writer
Really Meansompous
Code Word:Young at heart
Really Means:Old Toothless Fogie