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work spouse

work spouse noun: a man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship similar to marriage, with confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and an unusual degree of honesty or openness.

Noun

work spouse (plural work spouses)

  1. (idiomatic) A man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship similar to marriage, with confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and an unusual degree of honesty or openness.

Forms of work spouse

pluralwork spouses

Questions about work spouse

What does work spouse mean?
Work spouse means a man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship similar to marriage, with confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and an unusual degree of honesty or openness.
What part of speech is work spouse?
Work spouse is a noun.
What is the plural of work spouse?
The plural of work spouse is work spouses.

Words near work spouse in the dictionary

  1. work someone's ass off
  2. work someone's butt off
  3. work someone's tail off
  4. work song
  5. work songs
  6. work spouse
  7. work spouses
  8. work station
  9. work stations
  10. work stealing
  11. work surface

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