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

Citations in the Category Relationships

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Broheim n. I was chilling with the Broheim outside on the patio and one of the brothers brings a lovely lady to the table. [English Relationships Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 9, 2006)

broheim n. I think my little broheim would like this town a lot, and have wished for a chance to show him a little slice of Where Sistron Has Been Living All This Time. [English Relationships Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 9, 2006)

bromance n. Is this alleged romance surfacing to offset the rumored close relationship that Armstrong has been enjoying these last few months running around with good pal Matthew McConaughey? On a recent E Entertainment segment on the two, host Ryan Seacrest, who has also been fighting rumors of his own sexual preference, referred to the guys’ closeness as a “bromance.” [English Relationships New or Nonce] [full cite] (Oct. 20, 2006)

brougham n. That whole busy attitude is a sham/Umm bro, umm brother, umm.. Brougham, stop shammin! [English Relationships Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 9, 2006)

brougham n. Josh, man, you know yr my BROUGHAM. [English Relationships Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 9, 2006)

C.U.’d adj. In reality, Flagg and Pierson had not been married but rather “joined in civil union”—"C.U.’d,” as it is sometimes called—in a legally binding rite the Vermont Legislature established in 2000 under circumstances very similar to those now facing New Jersey lawmakers. [English Relationships Acronym] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2006)

call centre couple n. For instance, the Indian consumer is changing very rapidly. We are seeing the emergence of what I call “call centre couples”—young, college-educated, stressed people. They don’t want their parents living with them, they don’t want to shop at the kirana stores, they speak English all the time… This is a very different middle class from what existed earlier. [English India Relationships New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jun. 11, 2007)

choice mother n. These days, American fatherhood has yet another hostile force to contend with: artificial insemination.…More ordinary “choice mothers,” as many single women using AI now call themselves, are usually not openly hostile to fathers, but they boast a language of female empowerment that implicitly trivializes men’s roles in children’s lives. The term “choice mothers” frames AI as a matter of women’s reproductive rights. Only the woman’s decision making—or intention—carries moral weight. Similarly, advocates often cite the benefits of single motherhood’s freedom from “donor interference.” [English Relationships] [full cite] (May. 7, 2007)

club theory n. The theoretical basis of the idea that the EU faces problems of “absorption capacity” is borrowed from what is known as “club theory.” This focuses on the difficulties any large club has in making decisions and conducting common policies. As the club increases in size, so the argument runs, the more difficulties arise and the more the benefits of club membership become diluted. [English Relationships Science] [full cite] (Jun. 21, 2006)

compersion n. Compersion is a made up word which means the opposite of jealousy. [English Relationships] [full cite] (Jan. 31, 2007)

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