Wasband

Quick meaning: Wasband is a noun meaning (slang, humorous, rare) An ex-husband, a former husband.

Meaning

(slang, humorous, rare) An ex-husband, a former husband.

Example Sentences

The bride’s aunt dances with her ex-husband — he’s called a ‘wasband’ — on the hay-strewn ‘dance floor’ in front of the barn.

After reading here about the guy who calls his wife’s ex her ‘wasband,’ Rosemary Wolohan confides that she refers to her two exes as ‘hasbeends.’

"Wasband" didn't make it this year into Webster's New World College Dictionary update. That was the official word this week from Mike Agnes, Wiley Publishing's dictionary editor who oversees all new editions and updates of the dictionary.

El Camino Real Elementary School librarian Cindy Mirallegro wants to put a word in the dictionary. She thought it was her own word when she and her friend were talking and she invented it, but it turns out a search of the Internet showed that several other people have used it before. But, that doesn't matter to College Park resident Mirallegro, she still wants to get it listed in Webster's dictionary.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for wasband

Depending on context, synonyms include ex-husband.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bundleman, freebander, wife-beater, wifebeater, boonder, manbitch.

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