Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dead wife montage

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: dead- wife -mon-tage
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A montage that shows a male protagonist's female partner, in a lost idealized, intimate state, sometimes in an idyllic setting.

Slang

noun

An image or scene evocative of the above, generally with regard to the photogenicity of the subject, or the intimacy between the subject and perspective character.

Humorous; Slang

Example Sentences

"they gave geto that dead wife montage im cryingg"
"i am so warm and affectionate and playful that i cannot help but exude dead wife montage energy. sorry if this is distressing"
"if you combine all the Viktor scenes in arcane you will essentially get a dead wife montage"

Etymology

From a trope in film and television in which the deceased female partner of a grieving male protagonist appears in flashback or diegetic home movie, in happier circumstances than the protagonist now appears.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dead wife montages (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

fridge

Questions

What does dead wife montage mean?: A montage that shows a male protagonist's female partner, in a lost idealized, intimate state, sometimes in an idyllic setting.
Where does dead wife montage come from?: From a trope in film and television in which the deceased female partner of a grieving male protagonist appears in flashback or diegetic home movie, in happier circumstances than the protagonist now appears.

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