housewivish

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1. rareRare form of housewifish.

   This is why I dazzle them with my intellect and charm and wit and knowledge, with unprecedented intrusive interest in their petty, boring, housewivish lives - and then I let go abruptly.

   2004, Sam Vaknin, Excerpts and Case Studies from the Archives of the Narcissistic Abuse Study Group, 2nd edition, Prague; Skopje: Narcissus Publications, →ISBN

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   Desperate Housewives: If you’ve ever envied Eva Longoria and all of her curvacious glory, what’s to stop you and your roommates from enjoying Halloween as these middle-aged vixens? Go ahead and throw together some very desperate and very housewivish ensembles.

   2005 October 25, Laura Klebanow, “Halloween’s Cheap, Easy Fashion Show”, in The Greyhound, volume 79, number 7, Baltimore, Md.: Loyola University Maryland, page 14

   “The bigger the celebrity it seems like the cooler the person,” [Mario] Lopez explains. “But then you have the mid-lane reality ‘housewivish’ types that come with the big entourage and have a little bit of an attitude. That’s very funny, I think.”

   2012 March 22, Madeleine Marr, “Local appearance”, in The Miami Herald, 109th year, number 190, page 8A