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

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sibling family n. Mullins’s film follows two “sibling families”: families where both parents have died from AIDS and so the eldest children must take care of the younger. [English Relationships] [full cite] (Dec. 4, 2006)

singlism n. “This notion that you can live a full and completely happy life as a single person is so underrecognized that people who feel that way are reluctant to say so,” said Bella DePaulo, a social psychologist and author of “Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After.” In it, she coined the term “singlism” for how the unmarried are given short shrift by employers’ spousal health benefits and the federal tax code. [English Relationships New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jan. 5, 2008)

sister wife n. Wives married to the same man call themselves “sister wives.” The multiple children created by these families call all of the women “mother.” That’s part of the reason Texas is DNA testing the children—because they’re still having a hard time sorting these families out. [English Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2008)

SOD n. In December 1996, inspired in part by Mr. Randall’s well-publicized late fatherhood (his wife was 26 at the time), I wrote an article for The New York Times about men having children at a stage in life when their peers were usually contemplating a move to Florida or their next cardiogram. One proud papa dubbed them start-over dads, or SODs for short. [English Relationships Acronym] [full cite] (Apr. 12, 2007)

son stroke n. However, it appears to have ignored the wider problem of what is called Son Stroke or Uncle Judge, where judges have close relatives practising in the same court. [English India Politics Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 12, 2007)

son stroke n. One fallout of all this is that Deve Gowda, like his predecessors, is now suffering from what is known as “son stroke.” If Narasimha Rao’s sons were dubbed brokers, Indira Gandhi was criticised for Sanjay Gandhi’s brusque and dictatorial style, Morarji Desai’s son Kanti Desai slammed for his wheeling-dealing and V.P. Singh’s son Ajeya framed in the St Kitts affair, Deve Gowda is running the risk of losing his carefully crafted “humble farmer” image. [English India Politics Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 13, 2007)

son stroke n. Son stroke is not new to the Congress, but in Punjab, where the shadow of a split continues to lengthen everyday, it’s more like a son flare.…Last month, virtually every corridor of Punjab Bhawan and Kapurthala House was swarming with offsprings of leaders fighting their battle. [English India Politics Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 13, 2007)

son stroke n. His action in sidelining senior leaders, including Siddaramaiah, to ensure that his son H.D. Kumaraswamy became the Chief Minister, was “diabolical.” “I have heard about people getting sun stroke during summer due to excessive heat. But in the case of Mr. Deve Gowda, it was son stroke, which has blinded his secular ideals,” Mr. Singh added. [English India Politics Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 13, 2007)

son stroke n. One has heard of the “son stroke” syndrome, many a politician has fallen victim to it. One has seen the “son stroke” extend to daughters. A few years ago, this writer had raised the issue of the impropriety of a daughter of a sitting Chief Justice living in the same home with her father and carrying on her professional practice from there. [English India Politics Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 13, 2007)

son stroke n. Even before summer has arrived, Hyderabad cricket is suffering from a peculiar “son stroke.” Certainly, it’s not a crime to see one’s son play cricket at any level. But, what happens is when it comes to picking the team on sheer merit; some of the more deserving get the kick.…None of these “sons” had any stand-out performance this season to merit special treatment to make their selection a mere formality as Hyderabad cricket has hit a new low this season. [English India Politics Relationships] [full cite] (Apr. 13, 2007)

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