id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-691 Girlfriend - Wikipedia .html text/html 1743 263 69 A girlfriend is a female friend or acquaintance, often a regular female companion with whom one is platonic, romantically or sexually involved.[1][2] This is normally a short-term committed relationship, where other titles (e.g., wife, partner) are more commonly used for long-term relationships. The term "girlfriend" is also used in LGBT communities and can refer to people of any sex or sexuality.[9][10] The term "girlfriend" does not necessarily imply a sexual relationship, but is often used to refer to a girl or woman who is dating a person she is not engaged to without indicating whether she is having sex with them. However, the 2015 edition of the New York Times Manual of Style states that the view on the term "girlfriend" as being informal is now relegated to the realm of traditionalism, and that it has become accepted to use "girlfriend" and "boyfriend" to describe people of all ages (with consideration given to the preferences of the people involved).[20] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-691.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-691.txt