Definition of better half

better half    

noun

• one's significant other.

  Where's your better half?

  • See more words with the same meaning: boyfriend, girlfriend, boo, significant other.

  Last edited on Mar 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'boyfriend, girlfriend, boo, significant other':
flame	Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion.
puppy love	Definitions include: young love.
main squeeze	Definitions include: significant other.
boyfriend	Definitions include: a male significant other.
missus, the	Definitions include: one's wife.
BF	Definitions include: "boyfriend."
LTR	Definitions include: acronym for "long-term relationship."
chick	Definitions include: a female.
younger model	Definitions include: a younger romantic interest.
bun bun	Definitions include: a boyfriend or girlfriend.
breezy	Definitions include: a female.
baby doll	Definitions include: a significant other.
bbygrl	Definitions include: "babygirl", i.e. girlfriend.
bum chum	Definitions include: a male homosexual's sexual partner.
old ball and chain, the	Definitions include: a significant other.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'better':
better	Definitions include: more.
bka	Definitions include: acronym for "better known as".
EWBTE	Definitions include: acronym for "everything went better than expected".
get the better of	Definitions include: to defeat.
more better	Definitions include: better.
seen better looking corpses	Definitions include: This phrase describes someone who looks sick, old or otherwise, like a dead person.
Other terms relating to 'half':
and a half	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
be half bad	Definitions include: to be okay or good.
half a c*nt hair	Definitions include: A very small unit of measurement.
half-*ss	Definitions include: terrible, lousy, respect-less, lazy.
half-*ssed	Definitions include: Shoddy or poor workmanship.
half bad	Definitions include: See be half bad.
half-baked	Definitions include: not sufficiently thought out.
half-cheek sneak	Definitions include: to raise one buttock and to then flatuate.
half g	Definitions include: $500
half-hearted	Definitions include: lacking enthusiasm.
half in the bag	Definitions include: drunk.
half-pint	Definitions include: a short person.
half rack	Definitions include: a 12-pack of beer.
half-step	Definitions include: To act like you want to engage in a fight, but then back down once the other person fights back.
half-wit	Definitions include: in Australia the word half-wit is used to describe someone who is a twit or an idiot!

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