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dependa

dependa is the clipping of dependapotamus.

Meaning of dependapotamus

Noun

dependapotamus (plural dependapotamuses)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang) A servicemember's partner (especially a SAHM) who behaves in a parasitic manner, especially by taking advantage of their partner's status to demand beneficial treatment.
    Synonyms:
    dependa

Forms of dependa

pluraldependas

Questions about dependa

What is dependa the clipping of?
Dependa is the clipping of dependapotamus.

Words near dependa in the dictionary

  1. depenalize
  2. depenalized
  3. depenalizes
  4. depenalizing
  5. depend
  6. dependa
  7. dependabilities
  8. dependability
  9. dependable
  10. dependableness
  11. dependablenesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dependa (page history and authors); dependapotamus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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