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

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ecosexual n. Ecosexuals are an evolving breed of city dweller for whom keeping green is every bit as important in their romantic life as in their choice of household cleanser, dinner food, or wall paint. Sure, everyone has a checklist of qualities they want in a mate: smart, funny, good-looking, six-figure potential, listens to Beck, and so on. But now we’re adding characteristics like “sexy conservationist” or “romantic recycler” to the list. [English Environment Relationships] [full cite] (Nov. 30, 2006)

egola virus n. Tamara Rawitt, a producer of “In Living Color” and other shows, has watched many of her celebrity couple friends break up: “Two alphas do not equal a functional relationship in any field, and these stars all have the ‘egola’ virus. It’s very hard when you’re in the radar of the egola virus.” [English Relationships New or Nonce Slang] [full cite] (May. 5, 2007)

emosogynist n. elcome to “Crap Email From A Dude,” a Jezebel public service campaign in which we run actual emails, in all their ellipses-laden glory, from actual dudes. Because they are actual, we do not provide identifying characteristics, although we’ve furnished this lovely picture for visual inspiration (suffice it to say, the author is an emosogynist of “gargantuan” proportions).The beauty of the crap email, as you’ll see below, is the fundamental dishonesty couched in its I’ve-been-nothing-but-straightforward-with-you veracity, the inconsistency that professes itself to be consistent, and well basically the sense that the sender’s own self-regard inures him to the idea that he might, yeah, just be a pretty standard-grade douche. [English Relationships Sex & Sexuality New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jul. 18, 2007)

familismo n. The sense of family in the Latino community is so strong academics have coined a term for it: familismo. But for Latinos, family includes the village, the community at large. [Spanish Relationships] [full cite] (Oct. 16, 2007)

flexting n. Almost £1 per text? Surely that includes the type of flirting that takes place through premium “flirt” lines, advertised late at night.) In other words, we are spending nearly £3bn a year “flexting.” [English Relationships Technology New or Nonce] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2007)

forever family n. A good number of the approximately 120,000 children in foster care who are available for adoption are preschool, school-age or teenage children still in need of a good permanent home, a “forever family” as they call them. [English Relationships] [full cite] (Feb. 27, 2007)

forever family n. There’s a special name for adoptive parents. They’re called the “forever families” by the children who enter their lives. [English Relationships] [full cite] (May. 9, 2007)

freemale n. Sex and the City’s acknowledgement that life could be good without a man in it, particularly if you were rich, led to a whole new generation of emancipated, moneyed women shouting loudly about just how much they loved their single status. So much so in fact, that there’s even a term for it: Freemale. [English Relationships Slang] [full cite] (May. 23, 2008)

fucktard n. You worthless fucktard. Go crawl back under whatever stinking bigoted little rock you crawled out of. Pig-ignorant little party liners like yourself are what drives reasonable Rush fans nuts. [English Relationships Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 12, 2006)

furkid n. Best of all, there’s a nice seven-page subset out of the “People I Detest” chapter devoted to people with “furkids” or, to use her other neologism, “furparents.” These people don’t have pets. They have furry children on special diets, with special outfits, weekly vet visits and daily caregivers. She has a pretty good go at people who treat their pets better than humans. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 21, 2007)

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