HOMEWRECKER Definition & Meaning

homewrecker

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noun

a person who disrupts or destroys the harmony of a marriage or long-term relationship by having an affair with one of the partners:
She was dumped by her longtime hubby Rod, who then shacked up with that homewrecker Cassie Jones.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of homewrecker¹

First recorded in 1875–80; home ( def ) + wrecker ( def )

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Taylor was labeled a “homewrecker” after “stealing” Fisher from Reynolds — she married him, she says, because she could talk to him about his best friend, her late husband Mike Todd, who was killed in an air crash.

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“Saturday Night Live” is not a homewrecker.

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The term “homewrecker” makes my skin crawl — probably because my dad was serially unfaithful to my mom, which I knew about for two reasons.

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All I could think was: “I’m a homewrecker now. I’m that skank.”

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Still, trouble is standard for the form, as the episode titles indicate: “Homewrecker,” “Rock and a Hard Place,” “Boiling Point,” “Sins of the Father,” “Pressure Drop” — probably nothing to do with Toots or the Clash.

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