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malewife

malewife noun: a man in a relationship with a dominant, assertive woman (a "girlboss"), taking on a traditionally feminine gender role (especially a stay-at-home dad).

Noun

malewife (plural malewives)

  1. (Internet) A man in a relationship with a dominant, assertive woman (a "girlboss"), taking on a traditionally feminine gender role (especially a stay-at-home dad).
    • Near-synonyms: househusband, henhussy (archaic, derogatory)
    • haechan and jaemin realising they're the designated malewives is cracking me up pls2021 April 21, @hot4haechan, Twitter, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2024

Examples of malewife in a sentence

  • Girlboss And Malewife […] As noted by @ULTRAGLOSS, Alice fulfills the role of an independent and confident girl-boss while Jasper fits the role of her supportive and idolizing male-wife.2022 October 5, Ashvaria Rai, “Twilight: 10 Memes That Perfectly Sum Up Alice and Jasper's Relationship”, in Screen Rant, archived from the...
  • A fantastic girlboss and malewife combo!2023 February 14, Petrana Radulovic, “Which Disney couples would survive their happily ever afters, ranked”, in Polygon, archived from the...

Synonyms of malewife

Forms of malewife

pluralmalewives

Origin of malewife

Compound of male + wife.

Questions about malewife

What does malewife mean?
Malewife means a man in a relationship with a dominant, assertive woman (a "girlboss"), taking on a traditionally feminine gender role (especially a stay-at-home dad).
How do you use malewife in a sentence?
Girlboss And Malewife […] As noted by @ULTRAGLOSS, Alice fulfills the role of an independent and confident girl-boss while Jasper fits the role of her supportive and idolizing male-wife.
What part of speech is malewife?
Malewife is a noun.
What is the plural of malewife?
The plural of malewife is malewives.

Words near malewife in the dictionary

  1. malevolency
  2. malevolent
  3. malevolently
  4. malevolous
  5. Malew
  6. malewife
  7. malewives
  8. malexecution
  9. Maley
  10. maleyl
  11. maleylacetoacetate

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