In the US, people might refer to their boyfriend/girlfriend as "my main squeeze." That's already a bit passe, to be honest. And bad...well, perhaps in the Michael Jackson sense of the word.
Stick and guts, I'm not so sure about. Although I'd wager guts started off as a slang. Sounds like something out of a potboiler.
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In the US, people might refer to their boyfriend/girlfriend as "my main squeeze." That's already a bit passe, to be honest. And bad...well, perhaps in the Michael Jackson sense of the word.
Stick and guts, I'm not so sure about. Although I'd wager guts started off as a slang. Sounds like something out of a potboiler.
Just a thought, anyhoo.