Definition of a splitter-upper

splitter-upper

noun

• English translation of the Japanese phrase for a person hired to seduce someone - often a spouse - to gain grounds for a divorce.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  
  Citation from "Japanese murder exposes world of hired marriage wreckers", Times Online, Richard Lloyd Parry, February 10 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Feb 12 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 12 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'split':
get (one's) wig split	Definitions include: To get hit in the head.
gotta split	Definitions include: to leave for now.
lickety-split	Definitions include: quickly.
split	Definitions include: to leave.
split hairs	Definitions include: to be overly precise.
split (one's) wig	Definitions include: to beat someone up.
split-tail	Definitions include: vulgar term for a woman.
split the difference	Definitions include: to make a compromise which is fair to both parties.
split the sheets	Definitions include: to get a divorce.
split with	Definitions include: to end a relationship with.
wig-splitter	Definitions include: one who beats someone up
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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