was-husband

was-husband
 n.— «Levangie Grazer thinks that acrimonious divorces are “so 1990s,” replaced by happily co-existing exes in the mold of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. She even coined a term for today’s men who remain in their former wives” lives. “He is a was-husband, not ex-husband,” Levangie Grazer said. “I think there is a new, evolved way to get through divorce, and I hope to capture that.”» —“Divorce unites Grazer, NBC” by Nellie Andreeva Hollywood Reporter Sept. 14, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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