wife-changing

adjective

Of a quantity of money: very large.

Meanings

adjectivewife-changing (comparative more wife-changing, superlative most wife-changing)

comparative more wife-changing · superlative most wife-changing

  1. businessOf a quantity of money: very large.

    Phrases like “wife-changing returns” make it clear who the room was built for.

    2025 April 16, Tove Anderson, “The Future of Finance Can’t Just Be a Rebrand of the Past”, in Tove Anderson, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2026
    2 more examples

    This undeniably speeds things up and makes them appealing to, say, a huge swath of people who want to get in on this opportunity to make wife-changing money right now before it’s too late

    2023 October 1, Dan Olson, 18:14 from the start, in This Is Financial Advice (Folding Ideas)

    That is to say don’t miss out on evolvement of web3, we can make Wife changing money.

    2024 February 16, wealth.ox, “Understanding the Evolution of the Internet: From Web 1.0 to Web 3.0.”, in InsiderFinance Wire

Origin

Alteration of life-changing, from the idea that an investor making a large profit would divorce his current wife and marry a trophy wife.

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APA

wife-changing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife-changing

MLA

“wife-changing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife-changing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wife-changing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife-changing.

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