Meaning of significant-othered | Babel Free

Definitions

Having a significant other.

not-comparable, rare

Examples

“But along the way, the hunk lost his job and moved; and my roommate and her husband separated, so none of them are coming. :( And now, I think I'm the only single or non-significant-othered person who'll be there...”

“Three women are college professors; a few didn’t get any farther than high school. We represent the married, widowed, single, significant-othered, divorced; some have children, grandchildren, even great-grandchildren.”

“The time draws near when pink and red creep insidiously into the periphery, jewelry retailers go into overdrive and drugstore aisles burst with cherubs for the one holiday of the year that separates the singletons from the significant-othered.”

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