dudevorce

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noun

The breakup of a casual friendship between men.

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Meanings

noundudevorce (countable and uncountable, plural dudevorces)

plural dudevorces

  1. countablehumorousslanguncountableThe breakup of a casual friendship between men.

    “I was about to file for a dudevorce if you didn't show, J.” He grins over at Jake wearing a similar knowing smile as Liv.

    2020, E. S. Carter, Twenty One
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    Sometimes they even come right out and ask for a dudevorce by taking back the video game system they were keeping at your house.

    2009, Daniel Maurer, Brocabulary: The New Man-i-festo of Dude Talk, page 17

Origin

Blend of dude + divorce.

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APA

dudevorce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dudevorce

MLA

“dudevorce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dudevorce. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dudevorce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dudevorce.

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