de-hyphenate v.— «In the patois of regional politics, the Washington deal “de-hyphenates” India and Pakistan, giving New Delhi a different relationship to Washington—as a power in its own right, not a weight to be balanced...
somaticizer n.— «Early after its inception in the mid-1940s, the Kaiser Permanente HMO in Northern California discovered that 60 percent of physician visits were by patients who had no physical disease. The relationship between emotional...
mecenat n.— «The Korean Business Council for the Arts, a private nonprofit group founded in 1994 to foster relationships between businesses and the arts communities, conducted a survey of 500 domestic companies and cultural foundations to...
co-mama n.— «There are other words that may be more appropriate to describe the relationship between a first wife and a second wife. Co-mama is a good one, but some moms who are not ready to share the title may find that word choice...
counterpartner n.— «Have you chosen a new name for your relationship with each other? My sister calls her former husband’s current wife her “wife-in-law.”…We often refer to each other as “counterpartners.” A...
wife-in-law n.— «In regard to what word your sister should use to describe her former husband’s new spouse, we have heard a few terms to describe that relationship: You used one of them, “wife-in-law.” We have also heard the...