doppelbanger
/ˈdɑpːəl.bɛŋɚ/
doppelbanger noun: a romantic and/or sexual partner who strongly resembles oneself.
Noun
doppelbanger (plural doppelbangers)
- A romantic and/or sexual partner who strongly resembles oneself.
- Even with therapy, he never failed to go weak in the knees for his doppelbangers. One time he got so weak in the knees for a female version of himself that he tore both of his meniscuses.2016, Lucky Bag [yearbook], U.S. Naval Academy, page 612
- The evening was a full dyke takeover thrown by two women, Cass Bugge and Molly Schiot. They were deeply in love in that doppelbanger way. Both looked like mini Carrie Brownsteins and seemed on Instagram to be deeply crazy about each other, to have the idea relationship.2019, Jill Solloway, She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy, page 97
Forms of doppelbanger
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Origin of doppelbanger
Blend of doppelganger + bang.
Questions about doppelbanger
- What does doppelbanger mean?
- Doppelbanger means a romantic and/or sexual partner who strongly resembles oneself.
- What part of speech is doppelbanger?
- Doppelbanger is a noun.
- How do you pronounce doppelbanger?
- Doppelbanger is pronounced /ˈdɑpːəl.bɛŋɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of doppelbanger?
- The plural of doppelbanger is doppelbangers.
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