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stepwife — (STEP.wyf) n. The current wife of a woman s ex husband; the ex wife of a woman s current husband. Also: step wife. Example Citation: We never really knew what to call each other, Ms. Oxhorn Ringwood said. When Evan was a kid, I would call Louise… … New words
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Viagra divorce — n. A divorce granted on the grounds that a husband is behaving aggressively or unfaithfully after taking Viagra or some other anti impotence drug. Viagra divorcee n. Example Citations: A wife is divorcing her husband after claiming Viagra made… … New words
alpha girl — (AL.fuh gurl) n. The dominant member in a group of girls; a girl who bullies other girls. Example Citation: Citing new research on teenage relational aggression, a flurry of articles and books have appeared in recent weeks trumpeting the… … New words
femaleist — n. A movement that acknowledges and celebrates the ways in which women are different from men (cf. feminist). Example Citation: The femaleist premise could be summarized as: Yes, we are different wanna make something of it? Barbara Ehrenreich,… … New words
mother out-law — n. The mother of a person s former spouse (cf. mother in law). Example Citation: Scotland s weirdest wedding has been banned at the last minute. Pat Smith, 44, had been due to marry her toyboy lover George Greenhowe, 22, today. And George s ex… … New words
multi-dadding — pp. Having multiple children with multiple men. multi dad v., n. Example Citations: In our part of the world, Lucy Lawless, Sally Ridge and Wendyl Nissen happily navigate their way through multi dadding arrangements. ... Women like Anderson say… … New words
one-upwomanship — (wun.up.WOOM.un.ship; OO as in foot) n. The practice of one woman trying to do better than or to prove herself superior to another woman. Example Citation: Russia had already had a female cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, in orbit in 1963 and, in… … New words
post-mortem divorce — (pohst.MOHR.tum duh.vors) n. A stipulation that one must be buried separately from one s deceased spouse. Example Citation: The most poignant story of the week comes from Japan where women who are trapped in unhappy marriages are secretly… … New words