Just An Observation...

[Jackdaw33]

... I was reading an article about the young ex-soldier who has been sentenced to jail in Turkey. He talked about his fiancée and I thought that it was a very long time since I heard or saw that word. Is it now obsolete?

[elliemay1]

No, as far as I'm aware it is still in common usage

[Barmaid]

No. Mr BM and I use it all the time.

[snags]

BM: D!ckhead is not the same as fiancée.

[ChillDoubt]

Can’t say I hear it that often, though I would use it myself.
Young Chill still rolls his eyes whenever I ask if he’s ‘courting’!

[Jackdaw33]

"Stepping out" was another synonym for courting.

[kvalidir]

I would use it if we were engaged, I hear it here and there x

[Peter Pedant]

I thought she as using it so that it gave her some purchase when visiting him

I mean Jesus you fight for one side and then go on holiday to a resort in the other side
I mean duuuuh

[Peter Pedant]

well he wont be doing much "stepping out" hur hur hur

[Peter Pedant]

yeah and courting will only be in .....

[sandyRoe]

Indeed, he doesn't seem to be the sharpest knife in the cutlery canteen.

[RainbowRafiki]

Oh no! More Turkey? Turkey's in A.R. Wait, never mind. Poor guy.