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Remember when we were 12 and thought by the time we were 25
we’d have a husband
a house
a pet
maybe even a child? Then we hit our 20s and realised we absolutely do not have our sh*t together and that was okay. But the world reminds women every day that the pinnacle of female success is still marriage.

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And while the sexist term ‘spinster’ has been used to describe older unmarried women
today we found out there’s another equally misogynistic word to replace it. Enter the thornback. The word spinster was used to refer to single women between the ages of 23-26
while thornback is reserved for those 26 and above
writer Sophia Benoit discovered. The word is also detailed on the (of course
highly official) Urban Dictionary which describes it as: ‘An old
single
never-married woman. A spinster
i.e she’s so old she graduated from a spinster to a thornback.’ Want to know what the male equivalent of a thornback is? A bachelor. And if they’re starting to grey a bit
then a silver fox. Womenfolk on Twitter are not letting the word get them down as most agreed it sounds pretty badass
like a Marvel superhero or something. And we’re on board too. Sophia
like plenty of others
made jokes about the term
saying: ‘Be right back
opening a bar called Thornbacks and we only play romcoms and The Bachelor on TV.’ Scientist and writer Hope Henderson joked: ‘Excuse me
I’m not a spinster
the appropriate derogatory term is thornback
k thanx’. Others said they’d love to watch films and TV shows inspired by the word and one person vowed to use it as a subtle surname for an older female character. One user gave us a different perspective
saying: ‘At 16 my great-grandma was in a census as spinster too. Also
the term first comes from when women were the weavers and spinners
one of the few ways to make their own money. ‘These badass entrepreneurs had their own guilds and made bank so they didn’t need to get married.’ Though everyone had a laugh
the term does nod to an idea floating around the internet which claims you should be married by 26. The ‘37% Rule’ was found in 2017 and claimed that in theory
you need to screen a range of options in a limited time frame. That could be jobs
new flats
prospective housemates or romantic partners. In other words
by 26 you will have met just over a third of potential romantic contenders which means you’re in the perfect position to choose the best
apparently. Rsearch from the Office of National Statistics also shows that a lot less people are now getting married as marriage rates for opposite-sex couples in 2015 were the lowest on record. So by the logic of the word spinster
a lot of us will probably be a thornback. And we truly do not care. The Slice. Your free newsletter guide to the best London has on offer
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what is a single woman called