noun: The severing of ties to toxic family members in order that the remaining individual(s) might have a chance to heal.
Friend #1: "Did you do the family 'get-together' thing over the holidays?"
Friend #2: "No way! I haven't heard a word from any of them since I was forced to famputate them for my own mental health."
Friend #2: "No way! I haven't heard a word from any of them since I was forced to famputate them for my own mental health."
by Sir Vivor December 5, 2011