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alpine divorce

alpine divorce noun: the situation where an individual is abandoned by their romantic partner during hiking, climbing or mountaineering, mainly due to an argument.

Noun

alpine divorce (countable and uncountable, plural alpine divorces)

  1. (informal) The situation where an individual is abandoned by their romantic partner during hiking, climbing or mountaineering, mainly due to an argument.
    • On social media, women describe alpine divorce as going on a hike, climb or other outdoor adventure with a male partner, only to be abandoned or left behind – perhaps he went too fast and neglected to wait, or a fight on the trail resulted in him storming off. Breakups have quickly followed. […]...2026 March 17, Alaina Demopoulos, “Women are being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails. What’s behind ‘alpine divorce’?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2026

Forms of alpine divorce

pluralalpine divorces
alternative formAlpine divorce

Questions about alpine divorce

What does alpine divorce mean?
Alpine divorce means the situation where an individual is abandoned by their romantic partner during hiking, climbing or mountaineering, mainly due to an argument.
What part of speech is alpine divorce?
Alpine divorce is a noun.
What is the plural of alpine divorce?
The plural of alpine divorce is alpine divorces.

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  6. alpine divorce
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