The practice of marrying more than one spouse.
To become specific, polygyny is a man (or woman) marrying multiple women (74% of societies are known for men taking many wives), and polyandry is a woman (or man) marrying multiple men (only about 2% of societies practice polyandry).
Also see monogamy.
To become specific, polygyny is a man (or woman) marrying multiple women (74% of societies are known for men taking many wives), and polyandry is a woman (or man) marrying multiple men (only about 2% of societies practice polyandry).
Also see monogamy.
by Lorelili November 16, 2006
Nicky: "Schadenfruede, what's that, some sort of Nazi word?"
Gary Coleman: "Yep, it's German for 'Happiness at the misfortune of others!'"
Nicky: "'Happiness at the misfortune of others', that IS German!"
Gary Coleman: "Yep, it's German for 'Happiness at the misfortune of others!'"
Nicky: "'Happiness at the misfortune of others', that IS German!"
Gary Coleman: Right now you'r down and out, and feelin' really crappy.
N: I'll say.
Gary Coleman: And when I see how sad you are, it sorta makes me... HAP-PY...!!!
Nicky: HAPPY?!
Gary Coleman: Sorry Nicky, human nature, nothin' I can do. It's Schadenfruede, makin' me feel glad that I'm not you!
Nicky: Well that's not very nice, Gary!
Gary Coleman: I didn't say it was nice, but ev'rybody does it! D'jah ever clap when a waitress falls, and drops a tray of glasses?
Nicky: Yeah.
Gary Coleman: And ain't it fun to watch figure skaters fallin' on their asses?
Nicky: Sure!
Gary Coleman: Don'tcha feel all warm and cozy watching people out in the rain? That's
Both: Schadenfreude!
Gary Coleman: People taking pleasure in your pain!
N: I'll say.
Gary Coleman: And when I see how sad you are, it sorta makes me... HAP-PY...!!!
Nicky: HAPPY?!
Gary Coleman: Sorry Nicky, human nature, nothin' I can do. It's Schadenfruede, makin' me feel glad that I'm not you!
Nicky: Well that's not very nice, Gary!
Gary Coleman: I didn't say it was nice, but ev'rybody does it! D'jah ever clap when a waitress falls, and drops a tray of glasses?
Nicky: Yeah.
Gary Coleman: And ain't it fun to watch figure skaters fallin' on their asses?
Nicky: Sure!
Gary Coleman: Don'tcha feel all warm and cozy watching people out in the rain? That's
Both: Schadenfreude!
Gary Coleman: People taking pleasure in your pain!
by Lorelili October 23, 2004
Somebody with red hair, ranging from ethereal strawberry blond to sensuous dark auburn. Red hair is a recessive gene and often skips a generation in families.
Blue, green, or grey eyes and peaches-and-cream complexion often go hand-in-hand with red hair, often with freckles. Redheads almost always burn in the sun and are thus vulnerable to skin cancer.
While redheads are admired in the United States, in Britain there's a strange hostility to them; perhaps because of historic association of red hair with the Irish and Scottish (whose populations are porportionately 10% and 13% of natural redheads, respectively), "gingers" are often openly insulted and treated with disdain, plus there's the bizarre claim that "gingers have no souls" (although given the "comedian" Carrot Top, it's understandable).
Still, redheads are also stereotyped as fiery-tempered and very lustful. This is part of the adoration of redheaded women, although redheaded men don't get enough attention.
Blue, green, or grey eyes and peaches-and-cream complexion often go hand-in-hand with red hair, often with freckles. Redheads almost always burn in the sun and are thus vulnerable to skin cancer.
While redheads are admired in the United States, in Britain there's a strange hostility to them; perhaps because of historic association of red hair with the Irish and Scottish (whose populations are porportionately 10% and 13% of natural redheads, respectively), "gingers" are often openly insulted and treated with disdain, plus there's the bizarre claim that "gingers have no souls" (although given the "comedian" Carrot Top, it's understandable).
Still, redheads are also stereotyped as fiery-tempered and very lustful. This is part of the adoration of redheaded women, although redheaded men don't get enough attention.
Depending on where one is, a redhead is often called "carrot top", "ginger", or "rusty"; the association with the "comedian" is unwanted, "ginger" can be comedic or insulting, and "rusty" hardly sounds like a compliment.
Some nice alternative adjectives for redhead include: cinnamon, nutmeg, copper, russet, gingerbread, turmeric, fox, burgundy, cayenne, pomegranate, fiery, flame, scarlet, crimson, carmine, saffron, and titian.
Famous redheads include: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Ewan McGregor, Maureen O'Hara, Katherine Hepburn, Prince Harry, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, Elizabeth I, Conan O'Brien, Vincent Van Gogh, Eddie Redmayne, Winston Churchill, Shirley Manson, Molly Ringwald, Marilyn Monroe, Eric Stolz, J K Rowling, Karen Gillan, Ron Howard, Jennie McAlpine, Michael C. Hall, and Tori Amos, among others.
Some nice alternative adjectives for redhead include: cinnamon, nutmeg, copper, russet, gingerbread, turmeric, fox, burgundy, cayenne, pomegranate, fiery, flame, scarlet, crimson, carmine, saffron, and titian.
Famous redheads include: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Ewan McGregor, Maureen O'Hara, Katherine Hepburn, Prince Harry, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, Elizabeth I, Conan O'Brien, Vincent Van Gogh, Eddie Redmayne, Winston Churchill, Shirley Manson, Molly Ringwald, Marilyn Monroe, Eric Stolz, J K Rowling, Karen Gillan, Ron Howard, Jennie McAlpine, Michael C. Hall, and Tori Amos, among others.
by Lorelili November 04, 2012
A Hungarian countess (1560-1614) known for her beauty and her cold-blooded sadism. In 1611, she was accused of the torture and murder of over 600 young women, most of them the adolescent daughters of Slovak peasants; as long as her victims were not her fellow Hungarians, she could do as she pleased.
It was when she had exhausted the local population of peasant girls and began preying on the daughters of lesser nobles and the gentry that the authorities intervened.
According to legends added over 110 years after her death, she was said to have bathed and even drank the blood of her victims to gain their youth, beauty, and vitality.
It was when she had exhausted the local population of peasant girls and began preying on the daughters of lesser nobles and the gentry that the authorities intervened.
According to legends added over 110 years after her death, she was said to have bathed and even drank the blood of her victims to gain their youth, beauty, and vitality.
In a case that is over 400 years old, fact and legend are difficult to separate, but Elizabeth Bathory was clearly among them most prolific serial killers of history.
An intelligent, accomplished woman, she belonged to a powerful, wealthy family and was educated beyond even her male peers. She could speak, read and write in Hungarian, German, Latin, and Greek while most of the nobles around her could barely read or write.
She and her husband had three sons and three daughters and she doted on them all... when she wasn't torturing pretty maidens behind their backs, especially the buxom ones because they supposedly lasted longer.
Very likely a psychopath, she allegedly bedded many men and women throughout her adult life (and gave birth to an illegitimate daughter through a peasant boy some months before she married). Never once did she show remorse or accept responsibility for her crimes.
An intelligent, accomplished woman, she belonged to a powerful, wealthy family and was educated beyond even her male peers. She could speak, read and write in Hungarian, German, Latin, and Greek while most of the nobles around her could barely read or write.
She and her husband had three sons and three daughters and she doted on them all... when she wasn't torturing pretty maidens behind their backs, especially the buxom ones because they supposedly lasted longer.
Very likely a psychopath, she allegedly bedded many men and women throughout her adult life (and gave birth to an illegitimate daughter through a peasant boy some months before she married). Never once did she show remorse or accept responsibility for her crimes.
by Lorelili March 09, 2010
What there are too many of: babies that were born to a couple that didn't intend for a baby.
The result of unprotected sexual encounters. Many men are suddenly out of the picture when one of these comes along.
The result of unprotected sexual encounters. Many men are suddenly out of the picture when one of these comes along.
A man (in disgusting cowardice) just goes on his way, leaving the woman to raise their oops baby on her own. If you're not ready for the responsibility of parenthood, then you shouldn't be having sex.
Contraceptives and abortion are two of the few ways to avoid oops babies.
Contraceptives and abortion are two of the few ways to avoid oops babies.
by Lorelili January 27, 2006
Old usage: a female dog (slut became a euphamism for bitch in the 1800s)
Today:
-Use one: a domineering, spiteful female (although little is said criticizing domineering, spiteful males, who are sometimes known as arseholes)
-Use two: the subserviant person in a sexual relationship (or a term for a servant).
-Use three: verb. "To complain" about something.
"Bitch" (spiteful woman) in other languages:
Bosnian: kucka f
Breton: louskenn f, liboudenn f
Finnish: narttu
French: chienne f, salope f, garce f, chipie f, rosse f, putain f
German: Schlampe f, hure f
Hungarian: kurva, ribanc
Interlingua: puta, putana f
Italian: stronza f, troia f
Lithuanian: kale; f
Norwegian: tispe f
Polish: suka f, dziwka f
Portuguese: puta f, vagabunda f
Russian: cyka f
Scottish Gaelic: galla f, siùrsach f
Slovak: kurva f
Spanish: puta f, culeda f
Swedish: slyna c, subba c
Today:
-Use one: a domineering, spiteful female (although little is said criticizing domineering, spiteful males, who are sometimes known as arseholes)
-Use two: the subserviant person in a sexual relationship (or a term for a servant).
-Use three: verb. "To complain" about something.
"Bitch" (spiteful woman) in other languages:
Bosnian: kucka f
Breton: louskenn f, liboudenn f
Finnish: narttu
French: chienne f, salope f, garce f, chipie f, rosse f, putain f
German: Schlampe f, hure f
Hungarian: kurva, ribanc
Interlingua: puta, putana f
Italian: stronza f, troia f
Lithuanian: kale; f
Norwegian: tispe f
Polish: suka f, dziwka f
Portuguese: puta f, vagabunda f
Russian: cyka f
Scottish Gaelic: galla f, siùrsach f
Slovak: kurva f
Spanish: puta f, culeda f
Swedish: slyna c, subba c
-"What a cute doggie! Boy or girl?"
-"She's a bitch."
"Kyle's mom 's a bitch, she's a big fat bitch,
she's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world,
She's a stupid bitch, if there ever was a bitch,
She's a bitch to all the boys and girls!" -Eric Cartman from South Park
The lyrics can be applied to any body that we hate!
"Ann Coulter's a bitch, she's a lyin’ bitch,
She's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world,
She's a stupid bitch, if there ever was a bitch,
She's a bitch to all the Liberals!"
I'll stop bitching about that nasty bitch right now.
Peppermint Patty is the butch; Marcie is the bitch/femme in their relationship.
-"She's a bitch."
"Kyle's mom 's a bitch, she's a big fat bitch,
she's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world,
She's a stupid bitch, if there ever was a bitch,
She's a bitch to all the boys and girls!" -Eric Cartman from South Park
The lyrics can be applied to any body that we hate!
"Ann Coulter's a bitch, she's a lyin’ bitch,
She's the biggest bitch in the whole wide world,
She's a stupid bitch, if there ever was a bitch,
She's a bitch to all the Liberals!"
I'll stop bitching about that nasty bitch right now.
Peppermint Patty is the butch; Marcie is the bitch/femme in their relationship.
by Lorelili February 14, 2006
A feminine lesbian. It can be used interchangably with femme to indicate a feminine lesbian, but strictly speaking, a femme is usually attracted to masculine, or butch, lesbians and a lipstick lesbian is attracted to other feminine lesbians.
Often thought of as demure, submissive creatures, many, if not all femmes and lipstick lesbians are quite strong, independant women.
Often thought of as demure, submissive creatures, many, if not all femmes and lipstick lesbians are quite strong, independant women.
Hmm, what's this? Sex and the City, hairstyle and fashion magazines, satin curtains, a dress spread out on the bed... a picture of two kissing women dressed in Edwardian style? Looks like I've stumbled into a lipstick lesbian's love nest.
by Lorelili February 23, 2005