Catchword: de facto

Filed under: English, Relationships

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: One’s unmarried partner is referred to as the de facto husband or wife by some authorities. This has passed into Australian casual usage, in contrast to other English-speaking countries, as the slang term defacto to refer to one’s significant other. e.g. “This is my defacto, Rachael”. This is equivalent to the term common-law husband or wife in other countries of the British Commonwealth and in the U.S.

Article or document title:
“Options for “Marital status”” (URL)

Author:
“Avlokana”

Article, document, publication, web site:
Åvlokana

Publishing location:
Australia

Date of publication:
Apr. 26, 2004

This catchword has yet to be researched.