The original meaning of 'Mrs.' is a word with a bad connotation. ... The titles "Mr." and "Mrs." are so commonly used in everyday interactions that no one really thinks twice about them.

The titles Mrs and Miss have been around since the 1500s, and are shortened forms of "mistress," according to Dictionary.com. But in today's dictionary, the word "mistress" has two meanings.

In the latest campus gender war, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York has decreed staff will no longer use the salutations ‘Mr.’ and ‘Ms.’ in exchanges with students.

That's Mrs., Ms., Miss and Mr. The plural of Mr. is Messrs and the plural of two women is Mesdames. Traditional addresses for married couples use a man's first and last name: Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly.

In other words, “Mr. and Mrs. Husband’s Name” doesn’t cut it anymore for a lot of people. “To address people that way is pretty outdated,” says Arden Clise, ...