Old Maid Edit Meaning

1.

when a woman never gets married.

she will die an old maid

2.

A kernel of popcorn that did not pop when heated.

There's a fine art to timing microwave popcorn, where you avoid burning the ones that did pop at the expense of leaving some old maids. Why 'old maid', you ask? They're the ones left behind that haven't been 'popped'.

3.

The modern-day word, Lesbian was a no-no, and can be a sub set of this word and Spinster.

She's an old maid who was never interested in men.

See spinster, lesbian, gay, homophile