significant other

significant other
significant other
is a coy term for a live-in partner and normally occurs in facetious contexts.

• (It is all about teasing the viewer-whether that is an audience of hundreds or simply your significant other —Plymouth Evening Herald, 2007).


Modern English usage. 2014.

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