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personals

noun

plural plural of personal
abbreviation, dated Short for personal advertisements, sometimes collectively known as a personal column.
rare Personal matters; matters which are peculiar or proper to private concerns. "A pardon, Mr. Preston! Ah! A pardon, please!" the Englishman apologized at once. "I say, I did not intend to pry into personals, really," he protested. "And really, you know," he continued, "if you see how I meant it, it was not personal after all," he argued.

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@misc{personals_2026,
  title = {personals},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/personals},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}