Sienna Craig...

has chosen her words so colorfully and yet so powerfully to convey what she wants to say:

'Our popular culture lexicon had not yet graphed the term "partner" into the space once reserved for "girlfriend" or "husband."'

(http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/18/living/same-sex-parents-sochi/index.html?hpt=hp_t5)