Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emotional tampon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: emo-tion-al -tam-pon
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who is used by a woman as a shoulder to cry on and then discarded.

Colloquial; Derogatory

Example Sentences

"So you just want to be friends, huh? Yeah, I think I know what that means. I become some kind of 'emotional tampon' you need three or four days out of the month... when no one else will take your fucking bullshit"
"These guys end up acting as emotional tampons for women. They listen attentively as their female friends tell them about what jerks the real men in their lives are. Believe me, I've been there."
"The orbiters in her life in high likelihood like to talk about this and make themselves her emotional tampon and outlet."

Usage

Inflected Forms

emotional tampons (plural)

Questions

What does emotional tampon mean?: A man who is used by a woman as a shoulder to cry on and then discarded.

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