word-requestword-usage
My friends laughed at me when I said "nice dress man" because "dress" is used for only females. Is this correct? I was always thinking dress is just synonym of costumes and clothes. Is there any gender specific usage of "dress"?
In India girls/woman use word "dress" to differentiate from the traditional dresses that women wear like saree, lahenga, chudidar, ghaghra etc., so anything other than Indian traditional clothing is called "dress" including Ts and Jeans.
I don't think so. tit typically means a woman's breast.
If you want to refer to a man's breast, it'd be 'man's boob' or gynecomastia. But then if you quote this term, you are no longer referring to a flat chest or nipples on a flat chest that I think you are concerned about. That's because when we refer a body part as a boob, it is never flat. That's why, men don't have boobs but a flat chest. When they are enlarged, the condition is referred to as gynecomastia.
It depends on the degree of hair loss involved.
If the person's hairline just happens to have that shape, but there is no loss of hair, such as in the Gary Cooper image below, it is called a widow's peak. In this case it is a genetic trait that causes the two halves of a person's hairline to meet at a low point.
If the hairline is that shape due to hair loss, as I believe it is in your question's image or to a greater degree in the Bruce Willis image below, it is usually called a receding hairline, and is the beginning of male pattern baldness.
There is no particular English term for the patches of bare skin.
Best Answer
The meaning of "dress" is context-sensitive.
In "Nice dress, man!", the "nice" modifier makes it sound like you are referring to a specific item of clothing that you like. Therefore, I would assume that you are referring to a skirt-like garment. The same goes for "a dress", "the dress", "this dress", "your dress", or any modifier that makes it sound specific.
There are, however, situations where "dress" has a more generic meaning:
"Dress" used as an adjective is likely to be generic:
"Dress" used as a verb is likely to be generic:
"Dress" used as a noun requires thought: