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Learned something new today: "Cuffing Season"
It came up in Merriam-Webster's "Word of the Day." Being a "wordie," I subscribe. They seriously inform me that we are coming up on the very pinnacle of "Cuffing Season". Nevah hoid of it.
"Cuffing Season" occurs in the period of the yearly cycle where temperatures are colder. Supposedly, single people begin looking for temporary, casual relationships to pass the colder, darker months with. It culminates in Valentine's Day. If the temporary relationship doesn't explode around that time from mishandling it often withers as the temperatures rise again. The term "cuff" comes from "handcuff," a slang for "hooking up." The term itself seems to smack of a callous treatment of the subject. It is true that "Cuffing Season" was first used on college campuses and first showed up in print in a college newspaper in 2011. Perhaps the mechanics of the college experience (new year, new friends, resulting in new relationships) can explain it in that context. I seem to recall that many of the relationships did, indeed, start all lovely-dovey in the Fall and then explode in the Spring. But this term has now moved out to the general public. When my wife and I, who are approaching forty years of married happiness (well most of it) hear of stuff like this we tend to look at each other and parrot the lines from a scene in the movie, When Harry Met Sally: "Tell me I'll never have to be out there again," Marie sighs. "You will never have to be out there again," Jess replies as he puts his arm around her.Honestly? What new ways will people come up with to make themselves unhappy? Cuffing Season. Bob
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That's great, Bob. I also enjoy their, "Word of the Day." My dad was a school principal with a fabulous vocabulary. When I was little, I remember his saying that one of his school kids ate a page of the dictionary every morning for breakfast. I still think that's a great line and the "Word of the Day" might be the next-best thing.
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I have a MENSA word smithing friend who taught me to:
"Beware of stating platitudinous ponderosity while promulgating esoteric cogencies." Took me a while to figure that out... LarryK.
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40 years is an accomplishment to be sure but as you even admit, there were times when it wasn't all happiness plus you're "stuck" with that person. Personally I prefer the freedom and happiness I've found outside the (wedding) ring. It might not be for everyone but it works for a lot of us. |
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Thanks, Bob. Reckon I learnt a new term today.
It ain’t yet in the OED yet.
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I've watched all three of my high school best friends get divorced in their 40s so it's not just "kids these days". I'm the last man standing.
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Seems likely to be a very transitory bit of slang used by few people even in the days of its currency.
In plain English, nothing to get into a conniption about, or to cause anyone the fantods.
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I agree, though. It’s clearly a nonce word. Like “twerk,” I’m unsure of its lasting power.
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