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dead wife montage

dead wife montage noun: a montage that shows a male protagonist's female partner, in a lost idealized, intimate state, sometimes in an idyllic setting.

Noun

dead wife montage (plural dead wife montages)

  1. (literally, slang) A montage that shows a male protagonist's female partner, in a lost idealized, intimate state, sometimes in an idyllic setting.
  2. (attributive, broadly, humorous, slang) An image or scene evocative of the above, generally with regard to the photogenicity of the subject, or the intimacy between the subject and perspective character.
    • they gave geto that dead wife montage im cryingg2023 September 21, @suguruhrs, Twitter
    • i am so warm and affectionate and playful that i cannot help but exude dead wife montage energy. sorry if this is distressing2024 December 11, @latkedelrey, Twitter

Forms of dead wife montage

pluraldead wife montages

Origin of dead wife montage

From a trope in film and television in which the deceased female partner of a grieving male protagonist appears in flashback or diegetic home movie, in happier circumstances than the protagonist now appears.

Questions about dead wife montage

What does dead wife montage mean?
Dead wife montage means a montage that shows a male protagonist's female partner, in a lost idealized, intimate state, sometimes in an idyllic setting.
What part of speech is dead wife montage?
Dead wife montage is a noun.
What is the plural of dead wife montage?
The plural of dead wife montage is dead wife montages.

Words near dead wife montage in the dictionary

  1. dead weight
  2. dead weights
  3. dead white European male
  4. dead white European males
  5. dead wife flashback
  6. dead wife montage
  7. dead wife montages
  8. dead wind
  9. dead winds
  10. dead woman walking
  11. Dead Women Crossing

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