big divorce energy

Definitions

A psychological state stereotypically characteristic of a recently-divorced person.

derogatory, often, slang, uncountable

Examples

“The longer you stare⟳ at an image like⟳ that one — and I don’t recommend⟳ it — the clearer this paradox becomes. It’s not that Bezos seems like⟳ an odd, wealthy bachelor who would never get⟳ hitched; it’s that for a couple of years now, he’s exuded what can only be termed “Big Divorce Energy.” It’s confusing to find⟳ out he’s headed for splitsville when he strikes you as a dude who already has the first marriage in his rearview mirror. The updated clothes, the clean-shaven dome, the ripped revenge bod: “powerful divorced guy vibes,” as the Outline‘s Brandy Jensen put⟳ it.”

“Alvita, played with big divorce energy by an intoxicating Clare Perkins, swaggers around in a tight scarlet dress that – to use⟳ a phrase of my mother’s – she “falls out of” carefreely. Her voice is gravelly and feels like⟳ it could go at any moment, but not before she gives her husbands an earful, summoning each one for a bit of public humiliation. One is outed as a non-starter in the sheets, another as a fan of Jordan Peterson. Eek. The message is one of sex-positivity: Alvita has no time for “slut shamers” and “uptight churchy men” (Chaucer’s sermonising priests). She wants power and bodily autonomy; she wants – quite explicitly – to be satisfied.”

“According to one person, Brady’s photo was giving off “big divorce energy,” while another person said: “One of the most divorced men of all time.””

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