office wife n.— «The office wife sees a man—well—different from the way the home wife sees him.» —“Ruth’s Rebellion” by Achmed Abdullah Oakland Tribune (California) Sept. 5, 1926. (source: Double-Tongued...
office wife n. a female secretary or executive assistant; a female worker devoted to a powerful man to whom she is not married, especially a man in a hierarchically superior position; a female coworker who is a friend. Also office spouse, work wife...
office wife n.— «To my mind, a private secretary is an “office wife” for some eight hours of a man’s day. She should give him subtle encouragement, approval, admiration, respect. She should laugh at his jokes, overlook his...
office wife n.— «Middle managers are being forced to give up their “office wives” as technology threatens the traditional secretary with extinction. A new breed of “executary” who is more interested in managing...
office wife n.— «Then there is the “office wife” role that the woman behind the typewriter or the data machine or the steno pad is somehow expected to perform…duties that never appear on a job description. A secretary...
office wife n.— «I think we need to redefine secretary. Is she an office wife, i.e., servant, as so many think?» —“Women and work” by Ellen Sawesky Globe and Mail (Toronto, Can.) Apr. 7, 1979. (source:...