Definitions by Alex Firmament
significant other
Your mate, spouse, husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, steady and/or lover. Used when you don't want to be too specific, or when the details are nobody's business.
Why's Roger always talking about his significant other? Why don't he just say girlfriend?
Because his "girlfriend" is a guy named Bruce.
Because his "girlfriend" is a guy named Bruce.
significant other by Alex Firmament February 20, 2009
sother
Your mate, spouse, husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, steady and/or lover. Term invented by writer Alden Loveshade that's easier to say and less pretentious than "significant other". Rhymes with "mother" and "brother".
That there's Pat, my new sother.
Pat? What happened to your old sother?
Dude, all Chris wanted to do was cuddles and sharies.
Pat? What happened to your old sother?
Dude, all Chris wanted to do was cuddles and sharies.
sother by Alex Firmament February 20, 2009