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one-itis

one-itis is the alternative form of oneitis.

Meaning of oneitis

Noun

oneitis (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Attraction towards a single potential partner to the exclusion of other possible partners.
    • Oneitis is more likely to attack chicks than dudes for reasons of biological conditioning, habitation, mother-child relationship and other scientific crap.2008, Zander Martin, The Players

Questions about one-itis

What is one-itis the alternative form of?
One-itis is the alternative form of oneitis.

Words near one-itis in the dictionary

  1. one-hundred-thousandth
  2. one-hundred-year storm
  3. one-hundred-year storms
  4. one-hundredth
  5. one-hundredths
  6. one-itis
  7. one-legged
  8. one-leggeds
  9. one-line skies
  10. one-line sky
  11. one-line whip

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