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(Tyneside) A good friend.
n
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
n
(informal) A close but non-sexual relationship between men.
adj
Characteristic of a bromance; bromantic
n
Alternative form of buddyness [(informal) The quality of being chummy, matey or friendly.]
n
Synonym of chum (“friend, pal”)
n
A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
n
A network of connections that exists between people who are in polyamorous relationships, for example between one person, their partner, and that person's partner.
v
(transitive) To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.
n
Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
adj
Alternative form of couplish [Characteristic of a (romantic or sexual) couple.]
n
The world or sphere of romantic couples.
adj
Alternative form of couplish [Characteristic of a (romantic or sexual) couple.]
adj
(informal) Pertaining to romantic couples.
adj
Characteristic of a (romantic or sexual) couple.
adj
(informal) Characteristic of a couple
n
(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of couple. [Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.]
v
(reciprocal, by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
n
A letter from a wife or girlfriend to her husband or boyfriend, informing that the relationship is over. Usually precipitated by the writer's having met a third party.
n
A (romantic) date that two couples go on together.
n
(slang, neologism) A non-binary partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
n
(colloquial) A former partner or spouse, usually short for ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife or ex-husband.
adj
(slang, of a relationship) Existing, as evidenced by a relationship status on Facebook or a similar website.
n
(US, slang) dirty weekend
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(slang) The situation in which one is viewed by a potential partner as a platonic friend, which complicates the initiation of a romantic relationship.
n
Alternative spelling of friend zone [(slang) The situation in which one is viewed by a potential partner as a platonic friend, which complicates the initiation of a romantic relationship.]
v
Alternative spelling of friend zone [(slang, transitive) To classify as a friend, without any possibility of a romantic relationship.]
n
A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
adj
(obsolete) Born under a hedge or of low birth.
n
(informal) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
n
(slang) The couple consisting of celebrities of Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
n
A logic puzzle, a variant of the missionaries and cannibals problem, involving married couples, where no woman can be left in the presence of another man without her husband also present.
n
Participants in a two-way non-romantic relationship.
n
A marriage, betrothal, or other romantic relationship which is based on a spontaneous mutual feeling of love by the two individuals in the relationship, as opposed to a relationship based on other reasons or an arranged marriage brokered by parents or by third parties.
n
Alternative form of love match [A marriage, betrothal, or other romantic relationship which is based on a spontaneous mutual feeling of love by the two individuals in the relationship, as opposed to a relationship based on other reasons or an arranged marriage brokered by parents or by third parties.]
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(West Country, with "my") An informal term of address for any friend.
n
(colloquial) A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters.
n
a male romantic partner.
n
(euphemistic) sexual intercourse
n
An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
n
The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations
n
Participants in a two-way relationship that is closer than a typical friendship, especially a romantic or marital relationship.
n
(Philippines) mistress (the other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations)
n
Two people who have a special connection or are in a relationship but who are completely different from each other; mismatched couple.
adj
(colloquial) Chummy, friendly.
n
A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.
n
(euphemistic) A person's lover.
adj
Synonym of gay for the stay
n
(historical) An old custom in Holland by which sweethearts were allowed to share a bed and talk together, without any amorous activity.
n
(neologism, vulgar) A failed or failing relationship.
n
The practice of seeking romantic or sexual partners based on a shortlist of attributes, like a consumer shopping for a product.
n
By analogy with the two Shakespearean characters, a couple consisting of one member from each of two opposing families, parties, or countries.
n
(informal) Abbreviation of significant other. [One's romantic partner, regardless of marital status or gender.]
adj
More or less single; not in a serious long-term romantic or sexual relationship.
v
(derogatory) To live together, especially of an unmarried couple.
n
One's romantic partner, regardless of marital status or gender.
adj
(informal) Single and keen on dating.
n
Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.
n
An organized event in which prospective romantic partners meet each other through a series of short one-to-one meetings
n
(informal) A romantic couple.
n
(informal) Three partners in a romantic or sexual relationship; a ménage à trois.
n
(informal, by extension) A long-term girlfriend; a mistress (the “other woman” in an extramarital relationship).
n
(US, informal, endearing) One's wife.
adj
Of or pertaining to a potential coupling between two people who share romantic chemistry, but whose relationship is threatened by uncertainty, external obstacles or internal strife.
n
(informal) A close but non-sexual relationship between women.
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