Meaning of emotional tampon | Babel Free

Definitions

A man who is used by a woman as a shoulder to cry on and then discarded.

colloquial, derogatory

Examples

“So you just want⟳ to be friends, huh? Yeah, I think⟳ I know⟳ what that means. I become⟳ some kind of 'emotional tampon' you need⟳ three or four days out of the month... when no one else will take⟳ your fucking bullshit”

“These guys end⟳ up acting as emotional tampons for women. They listen⟳ attentively as their female friends tell⟳ them about what jerks the real men in their lives are. Believe⟳ me, I've been there.”

“The orbiters in her life in high likelihood like⟳ to talk⟳ about this and make⟳ themselves her emotional tampon and outlet.”

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