bonus kid

plural bonus kids

1. euphemisticinformalA stepchild.

   Pat is survived by […] many bonus kids.

   2025 September 7, “Pat B. Pollino Obituary”, in The Seattle Times, Seattle, W.A.: The Seattle Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2026

   2 more examples

   “My door is always open to my bonus kids,” Hewitt declared, in part, on TikTok last month. “They will know how much I loved & cared for them,” she added while taking a few digital jabs at her now ex-husband.

   2022 October 3, Asia Grace, “Mom, 25, brags about having a 14-year-old ‘bonus’ son: ‘Be mad, Karen’”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2022

   Your duty is to show your bonus kid how to address this as an adult.

   2024 May 12, Carolyn Hax, “Carolyn Hax: Keep scrolling seven hours per day, or give therapy a try?”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Synonyms: bonus child