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Stepford

An upper-class town or suburb populated by materialistic people; the men are souless strivers and the women who are automatons.

The fictional town of Stepford, Connecticut actually is Darien, Connecticut, so-called by Ira Levin in his novel "The Stepford Wives" as it is near Stamford, Connecticut, thus: a "Step" from Stam-"ford." Darien is the home of many rich executives and professionals who commute to New York City.
"'Stepford' is the fictional upper-class Connecticut town inhabited by men with animatronic spouses in Ira Levin's slyly satirical 'The Stepford Wives.'"
by Twathenge April 29, 2006
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Stepford Wife

1.) Used to describe a servile, compliant, submissive, spineless wife who happily does her husband's bidding and serves his every whim dutifully.

2.) Can also be used to describe a wife who is cookie-cutter & bland in appearance and behavior. Subscribes to a popular look and dares not deviate from that look.

This term is borrowed from the fictional suburb of Stepford, Connecticut in Ira Levin's 1972 novel, The Stepford Wives, later made into movies (in 1975 and 2004). In the story, men of this seemingly ideal town have replaced their wives with attractive robotic dolls devoid of emotion or thought.
1.) She's such a stepford wife, I've seen her greet her husband at the door after work with a beer and a kiss 4 days in a row!

2.) I just got back from the pta meeting, I've never seen so many stepford wives.

2b.) The SNL skit "Mom Jeans" features women dressed to earn the SW distinction.
by Rex Cavendish July 31, 2005
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stepboss

n.,1. A person who requests, or orders, you to do something on their behalf who is not in your vertical chain of command.
n.,2. Your spouse's supervisor.
The stepboss on the other side of the cubicle always asks me to fill the copier with paper.

My wife and stepboss are attending a work seminar in Chicago next week.
by WKH January 28, 2009
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Stepping on lego

A torture device made by the devil himself to destroy anything that touches it no matter how much protection you have
by odd_guy_59 February 16, 2018
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Steppies syndrome

When a person visually experiences the world upside down but in a 2-Dimensional field, similar to Alice in Wonderland syndrome but everything is black and white
he thought that he was heading to the surface but he was diving deeper into the depths of the swimming pool because he has Steppies Syndrome.all of a sudden he hit the bottom of the pool.
His eyes were bulging with a red yellow tint because of Steppies Syndrome
by Mielas13 February 14, 2022
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Daisy stepping

Daisy stepping!

A sport where one jumps off tall things landing strait legged and flat footed as to not adsorb any shock with the legs
Hey man why you limping?

Fat Daisy stepping sesh!

Oh cool!
by spicy110 November 8, 2011
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stepped in shit

Adjective. Past tense of step in shit, meaning having had a stroke of good fortune or luck.
"Boy, your brother really stepped in shit when he married a multi millionaire's daughter"
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