“He called you a boring Stepford wife.”
A boring Stepford wife, Molly thought. For a moment it seemed to her that she was once more in prison, eating the tasteless food, hearing the click of locks, lying awake for sleepless night after sleepless night.
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Stepford — UK [ˈstepfə(r)d] US [ˈstepfərd] adjective Etymology From the 1972 film ‘The Stepford Wives’, a story about conventional women who were in fact machines. doing what other people want without complaining or asking questions She was a Stepford… … Useful english dictionary
Stepford — ☆ Stepford [step′fərd ] adj. 〚after the title characters in The Stepford Wives (1972), science fiction novel by Ira Levin, programmed to be traditional, perfectly compliant helpmates〛 resembling an automaton in being conformist and submissive,… … Universalium
Stepford — ☆ Stepford [step′fərd ] adj. [after the title characters in The Stepford Wives (1972), science fiction novel by Ira Levin, programmed to be traditional, perfectly compliant helpmates] resembling an automaton in being conformist and submissive,… … English World dictionary
Stepford — (STEP.furd) adj. Relating to a person who has an unthinking, conformist, and uncritical attitude. Example Citation: The aural companion to the Joel and Ethan Coen film [ O Brother, Where Art Thou? ] starring George Clooney has made believers out… … New words
Stepford — UK [ˈstepfə(r)d] / US [ˈstepfərd] adjective doing what other people want without complaining or asking questions She was a Stepford celebrity, until she began a relationship with a married man. • Etymology: From the 1972 film The Stepford Wives … English dictionary
stepford — adj American dully conformist, android like. The term is inspired by the 1975 cult film The Stepford Wives, depicting a suburb in which women are turned by men into placid robot hausfraus. Devo carries the same connotations … Contemporary slang
Stepford Cuckoos — The Three in One The Stepford Cuckoos Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics … Wikipedia
Stepford Wives — The Stepford Wives ist der englische Originaltitel des Buches Die Frauen von Stepford aus dem Jahr 1972 sowie zweier Filme: Die Frauen von Stepford (1975) unter der Regie von Bryan Forbes Die Frauen von Stepford (2004) unter der Regie von Frank… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Stepford wife — /stɛpfəd ˈwaif/ (say stepfuhd wuyf) noun Colloquial a pliant and submissive wife. {from the US film Stepford Wives (1975) in which the wives became robots} …
Stepford Wives — Step|ford Wives, The (1975) a horror film based on a book by Ira Levin, about a group of married women in a US village whose husbands secretly replace them with ↑robots. The robots look exactly like the women, but they are designed to be… … Dictionary of contemporary English
