Relationships Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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son stroke n. It is this structure that must be transformed—a structure that gets expressed through a wide-range of behaviors, such as dowry and a preference for sons over daughters, which the activists refer to as “son stroke.” [English India Politics Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 13, 2007)

spinny n. So is being a “spinny”—modern parlance for spinsterhood—such a bad thing? [English Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 16, 2007)

stage phoning n. Take “stage phoning”, for instance, the term sociologists use for the show we put on when we are being observed or overheard talking on our mobile. “Like a cubist painting, the speaker on the mobile phone is seen from two perspectives,” observes Hans Geser in his study, Towards a Sociological Theory of the Mobile Phone. [English Relationships Technology] [full cite] (May. 14, 2004)

sustainer n. Ms. Clark, 56, is a “sustainer,” in league parlance, meaning she has moved to an advisory position. “I’m an old doll. They need us,” she says of the league’s “active” members, the roughly 28-to-35-year-old core of the club, the young women who put the junior in the league. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Relationships Jargon] [full cite] (May. 10, 2004)

textile n. The naturist community has a slightly derogatory term for their clothed counterparts—“textiles.”…When textiles and naturists pack for their holidays they take the same things. They might travel slightly lighter, but naturists still need clothes to visit the sites, go to the airport and eat out. [English Relationships Slang] [full cite] (May. 9, 2006)

thunder n. And by men, we mean those already at the peak of their careers, proven by their luxury vehicles while parked nearby their drivers play cards, waiting for their bosses till the wee hours. Suave and moneyed, these new breed of mature gentlemen, in the language of today’s youth, are widely referred to as the “thunder cats” or “thunders” for short. (If you belong to the same age range, ask your teenage daughter what these feline-inspired terms mean.) [English Relationships Youth] [full cite] (Apr. 30, 2006)

thunder cat n. And by men, we mean those already at the peak of their careers, proven by their luxury vehicles while parked nearby their drivers play cards, waiting for their bosses till the wee hours. Suave and moneyed, these new breed of mature gentlemen, in the language of today’s youth, are widely referred to as the “thunder cats” or “thunders” for short. (If you belong to the same age range, ask your teenage daughter what these feline-inspired terms mean.) [English Relationships Youth] [full cite] (Apr. 30, 2006)

trailing spouse n. The trend also means more companies hiring new executives offer some job-finding services to the spouse. In a growing number of cases, the so-called “trailing spouse” in human resources parlance, is the man. [English Relationships Jargon] [full cite] (Dec. 21, 2006)

trailing spouse n. In the past, companies primarily found jobs for wives of transferred employes. But now that too is changing. As women reach higher positions in corporations, more and more are being asked to transfer, and the husband ends up as the “trailing spouse.” [English Employment Relationships Jargon] [full cite] (Dec. 21, 2006)

unmarriage revolution n. The increasingly sophisticated, market-driven technology eventually joined forces with what I call the “unmarriage revolution”—that is, the decoupling of marriage and child rearing—and extended itself to single women and lesbians. As early as the seventies, a small number of lesbians were bypassing the medical establishment by procuring the necessary body fluid from male friends or acquaintances, and buying a mason jar and a turkey baster from the local hardware store. [English Relationships] [full cite] (May. 7, 2007)

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