housemate

This term, commonly used by college-age students, is someone you share a house with (or, less commonly, an apartment).

These people were, to my knowledge, formerly known as "roommates," in virtually all contexts.

Housemate seems to be merely one of the many trendy terms being tossed around these days.

Here are possible reasons for this word's existence:

A) Perhaps it's supposed to have less of the negative stigma that the word "roommate" seems to carry with it.

B) Also possible is that roommate implies a closer relationship/friendship than simply housemate.

John, Dave, and Bill were looking for another housemate to share in the rent.

That guy across the hall, he's my housemate.

by kirE August 24, 2007

Housewife Telly

Television shows usually watched by the stereotypical housewife. (note the word stereotypical, I'm not implying they all watch it). Some of these shows include:

The Jeremy Kyle Show
Katie and Peter: The Next Chapter
Katie and Peter: Stateside
What Katie Did Next
Kerry Katona: The Next Chapter
Big Brother
Gossip Girl
The Only Way is Essex

Basically any program that adheres to our modern culture of glamorised mediocrity. See also: Daytime Television

Woman: Oh look, Katy Price is moving on with her life, isn't that interesting dear?
Man: Hardly, now get that housewife telly off and put a decent program on...

by Firelovesugar April 27, 2011

housemate fucker

Dude who lives with you but fucks you over with rent and bill money - and then lies about it.

Using bill money to Gamble on the Greyhounds.

by Kathryn Marnell August 17, 2004

Brentwood Housewife

A rich suburban housewife, who lives in a huge house with a maid and a gardner and a very rich husband, nearly always very WASP like.
Originates from the Brentwood district in L.A but now applies to rich women of all areas.

Sandra Bullock in Crash, Anglina Jolie in Mr and Mrs Smith, Kirsten Cohen in the O.C

-hey, see that woman on the schoolrun in her big black SUV?
-yeah, what a Brentwood Housewife!

by adamw89 August 30, 2006

50s housewife

A domestic goddess who shares alot of stereotypical, outdated, characteristics of women in the 1950s, such as:

.Wearing pearls while baking
.Acts extremely naive when it comes to sex.
.Very cheery, pretends to be happy.
.Treats her husband like a king, literally.
.Needs to looks her absolute best while working her ass off.
.Prepares dinner an hour early before he husband comes home from work.
.Lets her hubby do all the talking for her.
.Bright, sunny, insanely clean house.
.Sexually repressed.
.Wears demure, feminine clothes.
.Fantasies about other men, such as a next door neighbor, her son's best friend or a celeb.
.Never speaks her mind.
.On her free time, sometimes goes shopping or to the beauty salon.

"Shes dedicating her life as a homemarker?"
"What is she trying to a 50s housewife?"

by AJV14 January 9, 2008

desperate housewives

On a perfect day, in a perfect neighbourhood, in a perfect house, a seemingly perfect, Mary Alice Young killed herself. Mary Alice had five neigbours, five good-looking women who's lives aren't that perfect either. There's clumsy Susan, Martha Stewart from Stepford- Bree, model Gabrielle, mother of four Lynette and predatory divorcee Edie Britt.
It's not Sex and the City, it's not Friends, BUT ITS THE BEST DRAMA/COMEDY EVER!!!

I LOVE THIS SHOW!

REX: You're dating my wife, call me Rex!

EDIE: What the hell kind of street do we live on?

BREE: Rex cries after he **********!

by DanielTV June 3, 2005

housewife

A woman who stays home to take care of the house, the kids, the husband and the pets. She works up a sweat, has anxiety attacks and burst into tears when a 2 year old says "no!" for the 100th time that day after having to picking up dog poop from the livingroom floor, washing 3 loads of laundry, washed all the dishes, went grocery shopping with 2 screaming kids, who get sick and throw up in the middle of the store. Then she comes home ,cleans up the kids, starts to make dinner with both kids hanging on her leg, only to have it burn. She recieves no thanks from anyone and gets no paycheck.

I have no life...I am a housewife.

by Ara April 11, 2005